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Old 09-27-2011, 07:37 AM   #1
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September27, 2011 Smuggler Caught with Pants Down

Hummingbird Smuggler Caught with his Pants Down





via BoingBoing who got it from TYWKIWDBI who got it from LiveDoor (Japanese blog)
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Old 09-27-2011, 08:17 AM   #2
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Do you really want angry hummingbirds with long, needle-like beaks right next to your wiener like that?
And why would anybody want to smuggle hummingbirds in the first place? It's easier to just take a hummingbird feeder with you and hang it up when you get there.
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Old 09-27-2011, 08:44 AM   #3
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This guy is going to federal pound-me-in-the-a-prison for this one. Poor little fellows ... they supposed to pick flowers, not crotches.
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Old 09-27-2011, 09:01 AM   #4
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Do you really want angry hummingbirds with long, needle-like beaks right next to your wiener like that?
And why would anybody want to smuggle hummingbirds in the first place? It's easier to just take a hummingbird feeder with you and hang it up when you get there.
Yes.
Who says a bird in the hand is worth at least dozen in the bush? Maybe all he wanted was a hummer.
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Old 09-27-2011, 09:05 AM   #5
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And why would anybody want to smuggle hummingbirds in the first place? It's easier to just take a hummingbird feeder with you and hang it up when you get there.
Depends where he was travelling to.
I could hang up half a dozen feeder in my garden without any luck!
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Old 09-27-2011, 10:21 AM   #6
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In 2010, French customs officers at the Rochambeau airport in Cayenne, French Guiana after noticing some suspicious bulges, conducted an intimate pat-down of a Dutch tourist and found some tiny parcels in some very personal space.

The guy with his shorts full of hummingbirds was reported to be a repeat offender; he was allegedly intercepted at the same airport with an accomplice and a cargo of 53 hummingbirds two years prior to this photographed encounter. I was unable to find record of the convict’s previous offence, but in the 2010 incident, he was fined €6000. The value of his catch was estimated to be between €10,400 and €13,200...

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http://finchwench.wordpress.com/2011.../hummerbummer/
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Old 09-27-2011, 12:07 PM   #7
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What with the state of airline amenities, I suppose he could have been just carrying some snacks.
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Old 09-27-2011, 12:15 PM   #8
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Maybe he just wanted his weiner to look bigger.

That's why I like chicks with small hands.

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Old 09-27-2011, 08:26 PM   #9
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Man, I have the wierdest hummer right now ...


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he was fined €6000. The value of his catch was estimated to be between €10,400 and €13,200...
Deterence fail.
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Old 09-27-2011, 10:41 PM   #10
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Humdinger?
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Old 09-28-2011, 08:14 AM   #11
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I wonder how they catch them? Hummingbirds are very quick little critters (can you call a bird a critter?).

Sundae, here is a virtual hummingbird feeder for you.
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Old 09-28-2011, 11:31 AM   #12
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Old 09-28-2011, 03:23 PM   #13
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I thought this odd when I first read about it because I have never heard of anybody keeping hummingbirds as pets.
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Old 09-28-2011, 04:04 PM   #14
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Hummingbirds have big peckers. Comparatively.
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Old 09-29-2011, 06:40 AM   #15
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Cool! Thanks!!
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