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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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1 posted on 10/06/2023 6:40:53 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

SSDD


2 posted on 10/06/2023 6:42:28 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (They say "Our Democracy" but they mean Cosa Nostra.)
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To: Red Badger

Disgusting!


3 posted on 10/06/2023 6:42:29 AM PDT by Ken522
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To: Red Badger

Well, crap.


4 posted on 10/06/2023 6:43:09 AM PDT by Arkansas Toothpick
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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!)
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To: Red Badger

Moral of the story, don’t bring sh!t back to the USA.


6 posted on 10/06/2023 6:44:23 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage? (Drain the Swamp. Build the Wall.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

DSDD.....................


7 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.....................)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

A giraffe crap necklace? Those Minnesota voters are weird.


8 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!)
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To: Red Badger

The half-eaten croissant in the box is a nice touch.


9 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)
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To: Red Badger
Poop necklace. Comes as a set...


10 posted on 10/06/2023 6:46:11 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: Red Badger

Weird as heck but why can’t a fool have it if they want it?


11 posted on 10/06/2023 6:46:28 AM PDT by arkfreepdom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

That’s a snail shell............they carry diseases...............


12 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.....................)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

“…don’t bring sh!t back to the USA.”

We have enough of our own.


13 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)
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To: Red Badger

Probably makes better jenkem...


14 posted on 10/06/2023 6:47:26 AM PDT by Gideon300
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To: Red Badger

Nah, it is obviously a half-eaten croissant. I know what I’m talking about this morning, even before coffee.


15 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)
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To: Red Badger

I don’t understand people


16 posted on 10/06/2023 6:48:09 AM PDT by Nifster ( I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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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...


17 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)
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To: Red Badger

Is there really a market for giraffe poop necklaces? Sounds like something a liberal white woman might want.


18 posted on 10/06/2023 6:49:26 AM PDT by euram (allALL)
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To: Red Badger
Bear Gryls would drink the moisture to survive.

Necklace form is like a canteen.

19 posted on 10/06/2023 6:49:41 AM PDT by Manic_Episode (A government of the government, by the government, for the government)
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To: Red Badger

Darn it! There goes my month’s supply of giraffe poop! /s


20 posted on 10/06/2023 6:49:59 AM PDT by Bob434
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