Another Use For Duct Tape

Duct tape, so versatile that it is used for everything from restraining someone to fixing a rusty bumper, has yet another new use. A 22 year old Norwegian man used duct tape, stockings and boxes to conceal 14 royal pythons and 10 albino geckos on his person in order smuggle them into his country. That's right, he had 24 live reptiles hidden under his clothes. The snakes, which are the smallest of the python family and non-venomous, were in stockings taped to his stomach. The geckos were in boxes taped to his thighs. After all that effort to put all those animals on his body, he got caught because customs found a tarantula in his baggage and searched him. But he saved a bunch of money on his car insurance.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/26/international/i081844D06.DTL

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Posted By: Alex - Mon Oct 26, 2009
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this gives me the heebee geebees just thinking about it. also i hope he shaved everywhere he was gonna put duct tape first or OUCH!!! this is even worse than that dumbass 'duct tape bandit' that taped his face as a mask. creepy and painful. :shut:

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 10/26/09 at 07:09 PM

I'd like to see the mythbusters test this one, considering their Duct Tape episode

Posted by Venus in Baton Rouge on 10/26/09 at 11:24 PM

WTF! No photos AGAIN. I've got a FujiFilm S7000 I can donate if anyone can be found that KNOWS HOW TO PUSH A BUTTON.

I saw that episode of Mythbusters and was surprised to learn that the stuff was/is/can be called duck tape because of it's ability to say stuck while wet.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 10/26/09 at 11:47 PM

:red: Sorry about the outburst above. I've not had my coffee yet.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 10/26/09 at 11:47 PM

good morning sweetheart, have a good day. 😊

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 10/27/09 at 12:12 AM

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