# I do not understand this airline prohibition **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 15, 2006, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-not-understand-this-airline-prohibition/368866 "2006-08-15T19:39:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-not-understand-this-airline-prohibition/368866/1 "2006-08-15T19:39:45Z")
From this article in USA Today: [Real life snakes on a plane](http://www.usatoday.com/life/2006-08-14-snakes_x.htm) Here’s the part I totally fail to understand: [QUOTE=the above article] Snakes are prohibited from cabins on commercial airliners. “ **No reptiles or rodents in the cabin** for safety reasons,” says United Airlines spokeswoman Robin Urbanski. [/QUOTE] If that’s true, how do they get the politicians from one part of the country to another so quickly? Sailboat ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-not-understand-this-airline-prohibition/368866/2 "2006-08-15T19:44:25Z")
They’re only restricted from the _cabin_. You can stuff as many of them in baggage as you want, though. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-not-understand-this-airline-prohibition/368866/3 "2006-08-15T19:59:53Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] They’re only restricted from the _cabin_. You can stuff as many of them in baggage as you want, though. [/QUOTE] What about concealing them in various parts of my anatomy? ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-not-understand-this-airline-prohibition/368866/4 "2006-08-15T20:17:47Z")
[QUOTE=Ludovic] What about concealing them in various parts of my anatomy? [/QUOTE] You want to conceal politicians in various parts of your anatomy? :eek: For the first time ever I want a pukey smiley. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-not-understand-this-airline-prohibition/368866/5 "2006-08-15T20:57:31Z")
I believe they make an exception for trouser snakes. At least, I really hope so. ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-not-understand-this-airline-prohibition/368866/6 "2006-08-15T21:09:56Z")
[QUOTE=Sailboat] If that’s true, how do they get the politicians from one part of the country to another so quickly? Sailboat [/QUOTE] Didn’t see this one coming, made me laugh for a moment. ---
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-not-understand-this-airline-prohibition/368866/7 "2006-08-16T00:26:59Z")
I actually did take a small snake with me on a commercial airliner. It was in a closed sock, in my inner jacket pocket. Obviously it didn’t set off the metal detectors, and it made it from California to Kansas to Wisconsin and back just fine. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-not-understand-this-airline-prohibition/368866/8 "2006-08-16T01:32:10Z")
Samuel L. Jackson is going to show up at any point now.