Posted on 09/22/2007 7:18:31 AM PDT by wildbill
LOS ANGELES — A man accused of stealing three endangered iguanas from a nature preserve in Fiji and smuggling them into the United States in his prosthetic leg has been indicted.
Jereme James, 33, of Long Beach, faces a single count of smuggling, according to a federal indictment returned Friday in Los Angeles. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison.
Prosecutors say James stole the Fiji Island banded iguanas while visiting the South Pacific island in September 2002. He then brought the reptiles to the U.S. by hiding them in a special compartment he had constructed in his prosthetic leg, prosecutors said.
(Excerpt) Read more at chron.com ...
http://www.anapsid.org/iguana/moving.html
Helpful hint for iguana moving and transport.
(No,........really.)
They can’t do anything about 20 MILLION criminals who were smuggled into the US, but they go all out to nail Peg Leg Pete and a couple of lizards.
Iguana
Ingredients
1/2 oz. Vodka
1/2 oz. Jose Cuervo® Tequila
1/4 oz. Coffee Vodka
1 1/2 oz. Sweet & Sour mix
1/2 slice Lime
Directions:
Shake all ingredients (except lime slice) with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Add the lime slice and serve.
Drink Type: Cocktail
Glass Type: Cocktail Glass
(Maybe he just didn’t want to payfor a drink on the plane?)
serious? Poachers should be shot! SERIOUSLY!
You’re absolutely correct. Disgusting.
However...properly fried or broiled by a 5 star chef like Larry London they taste like frog.
a reptile dysfunction? (rimshot) Great one. ROFLAMAO
Thanks, I went to site on ‘iguana transport’ you linked to. I asked for serious discussing and found the following which made my day—especially the last paragraph.
“Many people smuggle their reptiles into the cabin with them. This is not only inadvisable, it is downright stupid. While you are unlikely to be kicked off in mid-flight, you are at risk of being sued by the airlines, fined by federal authorities, and sued by any passenger who was, in their own mind, terrorized or traumatized by your cute green iggy who escaped from your shirt or carry-on bag and scampered down the aisle. The way to change the regulation is not by disobeying it, but by educating the FAA and airlines.
Occasionally you will hear of individuals who did manage to get their reptiles on board. This is generally because they found an airline employee who didn’t realize it was against regulations. You may also run into airline personnel who don’t check to see if that is really a dog or a cat in the securely closed and covered carrier.
The bottom line is that you are not just an individual who happens to have an iguana you are smuggling on board. Ultimately, in the eyes of the non-herp owning public, you are representative of all iguana owners, and how you act, right or wrong, reflects on the rest of us.”
Are you happy to see me or is that an iguana in your pants?
Does an Igauna leave guano?
LOL!!! I nominate this for post of the week!
Oh my goodness. You post an article about a guy smuggling iguanas in a prosthetic leg and you don’t want jokes about it?
Heh.
Hey, I don’t think they’re juvenile attempts at humor at all. Every comment so far has made me laugh.
Then again, I dunno, maybe I’m a juvenile.
You win.
Irony: n. a manner of speaking or writing in which the meaning of the literally expressed is the opposite of the meaning intended and which aims at ridicule, humor or sarcasm.
Does an iguana leave guano? Dunno. But it is an insightful question.
However, as my sainted grandmother would’ve said:
If Thebaddog said iguana guano was ambergris and myrhh, would you smear it in your armpits and call it anti-perspirant?
Ah....
DANG, if that's not post of the day!!!
It was that bit about arguing the true merits of this crime that fooled me.
Made me think what on earth don’t I know what might be going on with iguanas what with me being so hip and happening.
Heh. Here I am laughing at my own self.
“”Smuggling Iguanas” is a good name for an alternative rock band.
“In My Prosthetic Leg” would be a good name for their debut album.”
Sound like one of Dave Barry’s rock band names, LOL. See http://www.davebarry.com/rockbandlist.html
They caught him when he went to “drain the lizard.”
A reptile dysfunction indeed!
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