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Date: Jun 19, 2007
Snakes on a... in a... oh, never mind...


The picture made me chuckle, though.

Garden gnomes hid smuggled snakes

Australian customs officials have found live reptiles hidden in the hollowed insides of ceramic garden gnomes sent as gifts from England.

A total of seven snakes and eight lizards were found inside three of the pottery figurines.

The snakes, destined for two addresses in Sydney, were found when the parcels were opened by customs officials.

The two addresses where the gnomes were heading have been raided but no arrests have been made.

"When the package was opened, the officer spotted several snakes moving about. The package was immediately resealed," Australian customs said in a statement.

Due to quarantine regulations, all the reptiles were put down.

A special licence is needed to bring live reptiles into Australia.

People found guilty of smuggling wildlife into the country face up to 10 years in prison and a fine of 110,000 Australian dollars ($92,700; £46,700).


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Maybe it's because it's early (here anyway) but it took me a while to figure out what I was looking at in that picture. Then I read the article and it made sense.

Snakes in a Gnome.

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I'm not sure it's a movie that even Samuel L Jackson would star in.

"I'm sick of these motherf*cking snakes in this motherf*cking gnome!"

Doesn't have quite the right ring to it!

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