 "We were all just heading for a big family reunion party..." |
Posted on 03/05/2019 3:16:41 PM PST by DFG
Authorities in the Philippines were likely shell-shocked upon discovering more than 1,500 turtles stuffed inside four pieces of luggage at Manila’s airport.
Officials confirmed Monday that the turtles and tortoises — which included at least one threatened species — were found abandoned in the arrivals area of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Sunday.
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good think a package of straws didn’t get them.
Rats! I thing therefore I am.
I knew it, it’s turtles all the way down!
Didn’t yebbie have a turtle in his pocket that he often “rubbed”? Hmmm...
I’ll bet those 4 suitcases were “fragrant” when they opened them up. Phew.
Inquiring minds ask...
The turtles: Dead or alive?
Turtle soup.
Gamera is saddened.
Yeah, that’s probably what he told folks he was rubbing...
“The turtles: Dead or alive?”
Whichever, they were a shell of their former selves...
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"We were all just heading for a big family reunion party..." |
Touché
The guy who was trying to smuggle the turtles was sticking his neck out.
You might not be too far off. Y’know how everything in Chinese cuisine has some sort of magic property? I was searching for something a few years ago and ran across a page where some Chinese chefs were talking about rich clients that were bringing them endangered magic turtles to make a dish that promotes longevity. The clients had paid huge amounts of money to aquire the magic turtles and had paid the chefs a good sum to illegally prepare it and keep their mouths shut. They dodnt do a good job of either. They were bragging about reselling the magic turtles to increase their profits even more while replacing the magic turtles with more common ones, in one story he replaced the magic turtle with a not very fresh roadkill.
There is a great deal of trade between China and the Philippines in slaves/arms/drugs/human body parts, why not magic turtles?
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