Posted on 09/19/2015 3:58:25 PM PDT by nickcarraway
It is one of the more unusual sort of contraband discovered by customs officers at Malaga airport when they conducted a routine suitcase search.
Two kilos of dried seahorses were found hidden within luggage of traveller arriving from Colombia.
The Civil Guard said the seahorses had been discovered within plastic bags hidden inside the suitcase of a Chinese traveller arriving at Malaga Costa del Sol airport from Cali in Columbia.
"They were discovered during a manual inspection of the luggage belonging to a passenger arriving in Malaga from Cali via Amsterdam," the Civil Guard said in a statement on Friday.
The passenger claimed that the seahorses were for "personal consumption" but is facing charges for "violating import / export laws on the transport of protected wildlife," according to the statement.
Seahorses are a delicacy in China where they are sold on skewers at street food markets and are said to have an aphrodisiac effect.
What Primitive people would consider eating SEAHORSES??? We are going backwards.
Probably not my first choice for a snack, but are they endangered and/or regulated?
For starters, I would imagine they are a bit too crunchy for my tastes.
Once you remove the shoes and the saddle, they’re not too bad.
I hope the rider goes with that saddle?
Seriously, those people would probably eat a dog turd off the bottom of a shoe!
Try doing a search for “Virgin Eggs” a traditional delicacy of Donyang, China.
I’d describe it, but the last time I did, the mods didn’t much like it.
“Dongyang”
dammit
The China is infamous for cannibalism; seahorses doesn’t shock me.
Everything is an aphrodisiac to the Chinese. What’s wrong with their men?
I had them while in Muscat Oman several yrs ago....dont remember what they taste like. Wouldnt eat them today.
Old joke: the Chinese will eat:
Anything with four legs that isn’t a table.
Anything that flies which isn’t an airplane.
Anything that swims that isn’t a submarine.
As for dried seahorses, the Monty Python confection known as Crunchy Frog comes to mind.
Can’t be worse than “balut” eggs. (spelling?)
Why would they seize a dinner table???
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