Have you ever sat next to a fidgety person on a plane? Yeah, me too. It’s pretty annoying. But most of the time you can’t blame them. They’re just a fidgety person.
But maybe, just maybe, they’re trying to secretly smuggle a dozen hummingbirds in their underpants. I know how crazy it sounds, but that’s exactly what one Dutch traveler attempted to do on a flight from Cayenne, in French Guiana, Africa into France.
The man, who had previously been arrested for hummingbird smuggling, looked uncomfortable and was fidgeting quite a bit. French customs officers noticed the suspecious behavior and stopped him for additional questioning
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What they found when they searched the man were more than a dozen live hummingbirds. Each one individually wrapped in cloth, and tucked in special pockets sewn on the inside of the man’s underwear.
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Unfortunately for the birds, authorities believe that they were not sedated when they were tucked into the man’s underwear.
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In his defense, that does look like a very uncomfortable underpants situation.
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Lucky for these little birds, customs officials rescued them from their sweaty prison just in time.
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There is no word on whether the man was charged for his unique bird smuggling attempt.
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(source: The Daily Mail)
Those poor birds, I just hope that they weren’t trapped in that man’s underwear for too long. That’s some pretty terrible and unique animal cruelty.
