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03-28-2017, 06:09 AM
Snake on a plane hitches a ride to New Zealand, which has ** snakes
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Despite the close distance to Australia, there are ** snakes (http://media.newzealand.com/en/story-ideas/**-snakes-here,-mate!-just-crazy-keas-and-bubbling/) in New Zealand, bar the occasional sea snake (http://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/native-animals/marine-fish-and-reptiles/sea-snakes-and-kraits/).
So you can imagine the surprise when biosecurity officials at Auckland Airport found a live snake on a plane that arrived from Australia on Sunday.*
It was quickly captured by authorities, who used a bucket to contain the reptile.
SEE ALSO: Once and for all, people: Stop bringing snakes on planes, because stuff like this happens (http://mashable.com/2017/03/22/snake-plane-alaska/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
"It appears the snake had crawled into the wheel housing of a private jet that arrived from Brisbane," Craig Hughes from New Zealand's Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) said in a statement.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/03/27/snake-plane-new-zealand/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Despite the close distance to Australia, there are ** snakes (http://media.newzealand.com/en/story-ideas/**-snakes-here,-mate!-just-crazy-keas-and-bubbling/) in New Zealand, bar the occasional sea snake (http://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/native-animals/marine-fish-and-reptiles/sea-snakes-and-kraits/).
So you can imagine the surprise when biosecurity officials at Auckland Airport found a live snake on a plane that arrived from Australia on Sunday.*
It was quickly captured by authorities, who used a bucket to contain the reptile.
SEE ALSO: Once and for all, people: Stop bringing snakes on planes, because stuff like this happens (http://mashable.com/2017/03/22/snake-plane-alaska/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
"It appears the snake had crawled into the wheel housing of a private jet that arrived from Brisbane," Craig Hughes from New Zealand's Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) said in a statement.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/03/27/snake-plane-new-zealand/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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