The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #40809   Message #586238
Posted By: Áine
05-Nov-01 - 05:52 PM
Thread Name: Song Challenge! - Part 67
Subject: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 67
Well, Challenge!rs, after your fabulous 'comeback' in the last Challenge!, I have to say that I've got a serious case of the 'warm and fuzzies' . . . ;-) That being the case, I've picked a perfect subject for Challenge! 67 -- Get ready, my darlin's, for some frisky friskin' fun with:

Is That A Baby Budgie In Your Pants, Or Are You Just Glad To See Me? -- RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters) -- With parrots and snakes in his luggage and bird eggs tucked into his underwear, an Austrian tourist has been arrested and charged for animal trafficking, Brazilian police said on Wednesday.

"He put (the eggs) near his testicles so they would be at nest temperature," a police spokesman said.

Police discovered 21 parrots, four parakeets and two snakes hidden in two large suitcases carried by Austrian botanist Johann Zillinger. They also found Zillinger had rolled five parakeet eggs into a sock and nestled them in his underwear.

"Since some of the parakeets that he had with him were newborns, we assume that some of the eggs had already hatched."

Tipped off by an anonymous call, Rio de Janeiro police arrested the Austrian on Monday in front of his Copacabana beach hotel, as he climbed into a taxi on his way to catch a flight to Europe. According to police, Zillinger bought the animals in the Amazon port city of Belen and planned to take them to Austria to sell them in Europe.

Go For It, Challenge!rs!!

-- Áine