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Customs officials seize giraffe poop from traveler at Minnesota airport
UPI ^
| 6 October 2023
| By Ben Hooper
Posted on 10/06/2023 6:40:53 AM PDT by Red Badger
Customs specialists at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport seized a box of giraffe droppings from an Iowa woman who brought them back from Kenya with the intention of making a necklace. Photo courtesy of U.S. Customs and Border Protection
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Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Customs officials in Minnesota seized a box of giraffe feces from a traveler who arrived from Kenya and said she planned to use the droppings to make a necklace.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection said the Iowa resident was selected for inspection by agriculture specialists upon arriving at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport from a trip to Kenya.
"The passenger declared giraffe feces and stated she had obtained the droppings in Kenya and planned to make a necklace," CBP said in a news release. "The passenger also stated in the past she had used moose feces at her home in Iowa."
The CBP specialists seized the box and the contents were destroyed via steam sterilization.
"There is a real danger with bringing fecal matter into the U.S.," said LaFonda Sutton-Burke, CBP's director of field operations for the Chicago Field Office. "If this person had entered the U.S. and had not declared these items, there is high possibility a person could have contracted a disease from this jewelry and developed serious health issues."
CBP said any feces brought to the United States by an overseas traveler require a veterinary services permit.
TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: giraffepoop; poop; weirdsxxt
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To: Red Badger
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posted on
10/06/2023 6:42:28 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(They say "Our Democracy" but they mean Cosa Nostra.)
To: Red Badger
3
posted on
10/06/2023 6:42:29 AM PDT
by
Ken522
To: Red Badger
To: Red Badger
Liberals are weird. Why do they want Giraffe crap?
5
posted on
10/06/2023 6:44:00 AM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Prosecutors say Trump may have broken the law admiring gun in South Carolina" ROTFLMAO!)
To: Red Badger
Moral of the story, don’t bring sh!t back to the USA.
To: ClearCase_guy
DSDD.....................
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posted on
10/06/2023 6:44:41 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: FlingWingFlyer
A giraffe crap necklace? Those Minnesota voters are weird.
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posted on
10/06/2023 6:45:23 AM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Prosecutors say Trump may have broken the law admiring gun in South Carolina" ROTFLMAO!)
To: Red Badger
The half-eaten croissant in the box is a nice touch.
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posted on
10/06/2023 6:45:58 AM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
To: Red Badger
Poop necklace. Comes as a set...
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posted on
10/06/2023 6:46:11 AM PDT
by
Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
To: Red Badger
Weird as heck but why can’t a fool have it if they want it?
To: ProtectOurFreedom
That’s a snail shell............they carry diseases...............
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posted on
10/06/2023 6:46:42 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: where's_the_Outrage?
“…don’t bring sh!t back to the USA.”
We have enough of our own.
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posted on
10/06/2023 6:46:48 AM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
To: Red Badger
Probably makes better jenkem...
To: Red Badger
Nah, it is obviously a half-eaten croissant. I know what I’m talking about this morning, even before coffee.
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posted on
10/06/2023 6:47:50 AM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
To: Red Badger
I don’t understand people
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posted on
10/06/2023 6:48:09 AM PDT
by
Nifster
( I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
To: Red Badger; Rennes Templar
The passenger declared giraffe feces and stated she had obtained the droppings in Kenya and planned to make a necklace Pretty simple project. A little "multi-surface" craft paint and...
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posted on
10/06/2023 6:48:26 AM PDT
by
Ezekiel
(🆘️ "Come fly with US". Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with Mars ♂️, aka every man)
To: Red Badger
Is there really a market for giraffe poop necklaces? Sounds like something a liberal white woman might want.
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posted on
10/06/2023 6:49:26 AM PDT
by
euram
(allALL)
To: Red Badger
Bear Gryls would drink the moisture to survive.
Necklace form is like a canteen.
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posted on
10/06/2023 6:49:41 AM PDT
by
Manic_Episode
(A government of the government, by the government, for the government)
To: Red Badger
Darn it! There goes my month’s supply of giraffe poop! /s
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posted on
10/06/2023 6:49:59 AM PDT
by
Bob434
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