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Officials nab Canadian man trying to cross border with 51 turtles in his pants
Red Alert Politics ^ | 9-26-2014 | Erin Mundahl

Posted on 09/26/2014 6:57:14 PM PDT by smoothsailing

September 26, 2014

Officials nab Canadian man trying to cross border with 51 turtles in his pants

Erin Mundahl

Using information gained from an anonymous tip, U.S. authorities detained a man this summer after noticing ‘irregularly shaped bulges’ in his sweatpants. But this wasn’t the Underwear Bomber 2.0. Instead, a Canadian man had taped 51 live turtles to his legs and groin and was attempting to smuggle them across the border, The Guardian reported.

Kai Xu and his accomplice Lihua Lin were nabbed by U.S. Fish and Wildlife agents near the Detroit border crossing, where the two were attempting to cross into Windsor, Canada. Agents were tipped off by a Detroit UPS employee named “Dave” who contacted the fish and wildlife service and told them to be on the lookout for a seven-pound box labelled, “Live fish keep cool.”

In a dramatic turn of events not often seen in the world of wildlife management, agents put Xu under surveillance on Aug. 5 and observed him hiding behind two semi-truck trailers for around 10 minutes before reappearing with “irregularly shaped bulges under Xu’s sweatpants on both legs,” according to The Guardian.

While Xu was attempting to cross into Canada, Lin was caught at Detroit Metropolitan Airport, where he was trying to board a plane for Shanghai with two checked bags crammed with more than 200 turtles.

U.S. officials told the Guardian that turtle smuggling has increased over the past year due to increased demand in Asian food markets and from collectors.

“These turtles, by the time they get to the end-collector, they can be worth anywhere from $1,300 to $1,500 a turtle,” said Ed Grace, a deputy chief law enforcement officer with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.


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1 posted on 09/26/2014 6:57:14 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing

How do you tell the difference between a regular turtle, and a snapping turtle???

Well, I think in this case, the bite radius would not really matter...

I’m Googl-ing it now...;-)


2 posted on 09/26/2014 6:59:36 PM PDT by stevie_d_64 (I will settle for a "perfectly good, gently used" kidney...Apply within...)
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To: smoothsailing

I guess the headlines would have been a little different if his “carry on” had been snapping turtles.


3 posted on 09/26/2014 6:59:49 PM PDT by doc1019
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To: smoothsailing

Government owns all the turtles.


4 posted on 09/26/2014 7:00:04 PM PDT by Louis Foxwell (This is a wake up call. Join the Sultan Knish ping list.)
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To: smoothsailing

5 posted on 09/26/2014 7:01:13 PM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: stevie_d_64

Most fresh water turtles are nasty when cornered and will snap at you, not just snappers. They hurt when they bite as they have beaks with sharp ridges top and bottom in the place of teeth. However, as most cannot swallow unless submerged, they will literally die of hunger if left dry.


6 posted on 09/26/2014 7:03:04 PM PDT by pabianice (LINE)
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To: smoothsailing
Can we officially call illegals coming in from Mexico, Turtles, now?, to get
our Government to stop them? It seems a dumb crawler is all they care about
so it would be fitting.
7 posted on 09/26/2014 7:03:06 PM PDT by MaxMax (Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
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To: smoothsailing

“Are those turtles in your pants, or are you just happy to see me?”


8 posted on 09/26/2014 7:03:08 PM PDT by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
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To: smoothsailing

“... turtles can be worth anywhere from $1,300 to $1,500 ...”
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Damn, the article doesn’t say what kind of turtle...
Box?
Snapper?
Slider?
Mud?
I might be looking for a little retirement income.


9 posted on 09/26/2014 7:03:52 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (We have met the enemy and he is us.)
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To: smoothsailing

Is that a turtle in your pocke or are you just happy to see me?
:^P


10 posted on 09/26/2014 7:03:57 PM PDT by prairiebreeze (Don't be afraid to see what you see. -- Ronald Reagan)
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To: stevie_d_64

Snapper Turtles have pointed shells, and a more pointed “beak”.


11 posted on 09/26/2014 7:04:33 PM PDT by oblomov
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To: Publius

Great minds....


12 posted on 09/26/2014 7:04:59 PM PDT by prairiebreeze (Don't be afraid to see what you see. -- Ronald Reagan)
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To: Publius

Is that a turtle in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?


13 posted on 09/26/2014 7:05:48 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing

Yikes...I’ve heard turtle soup is a delicacy but 13 to 15 hundred a turtle?

The insane ones are those that pay those prices. :-)


14 posted on 09/26/2014 7:07:12 PM PDT by jazusamo (Sometimes I think that this is an era when sanity has become controversial: Thomas Sowell)
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To: smoothsailing

LOL! You left off “Big Boy.”


15 posted on 09/26/2014 7:08:15 PM PDT by jazusamo (Sometimes I think that this is an era when sanity has become controversial: Thomas Sowell)
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To: smoothsailing

The last time someone told me they had a snapper in their pants, she wasn’t talking about no turtle.


16 posted on 09/26/2014 7:12:56 PM PDT by PLMerite (Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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To: smoothsailing

Hoser.


17 posted on 09/26/2014 7:20:32 PM PDT by Fido969 (What's sad is most)
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To: Tax-chick; brytlea; MaryFromMichigan; Salamander

Reptile Ping List

18 posted on 09/26/2014 7:23:05 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass (The end move in political in always to pick up a weapon...eh? "Bathhouse" 0'Mullah? d8^)
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To: smoothsailing

I must be getting old. I can’t remember when I last had turtles in my pants. Oh well...


19 posted on 09/26/2014 7:23:33 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Obama and the Left are maggots feeding off the flesh of the United States.)
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To: skinkinthegrass

Even reptiles know what to do with illegal immigrants.


20 posted on 09/26/2014 7:24:16 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Obama and the Left are maggots feeding off the flesh of the United States.)
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