30 snakes found in luggage at Hartsfield-Jackson


	30 snakes found in luggage at Hartsfield-Jackson

kkcapricorn

9-6-2007 10:35 PM

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snakes, plane, smuggling, fish & wildlife services

kkcapricorn says:

This makes me so angry. Now what was he going to do with those birds & reptiles in Atlanta?

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