# Trouser Snakes **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 24, 2003, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouser-snakes/203587 "2003-09-24T17:42:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouser-snakes/203587/1 "2003-09-24T17:42:07Z")
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) – A Swedish man tried to smuggle eight dangerous snakes into Australia by strapping them to his legs, customs officials said Wednesday. Justice Minister Chris Ellison said 28-year-old Per Johann Adolfsson arrived at Sydney airport from Thailand on Monday night. He was searched by customs officers who discovered the reptiles in packages strapped to his calves. The snakes included four deadly King Cobras and four non-venomous emerald tree boas. Ellison said the man has been charged with illegally importing animals and was refused bail during an appearance at Sydney’s Waverley Local Court on Tuesday. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years imprisonment, a fine of $110,000 Australian (US$73,000), or both. ---
**Author:** ![Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satisfying_Andy_Licious)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouser-snakes/203587/2 "2003-09-24T18:30:39Z")
I read where a guy tried to smuggle snakes **and** some rare, endangered sea gulls. One sea gull got away, and a snake chased it. Your basic story of boa meets gull, boa loses gull, boa gets gull back. ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouser-snakes/203587/3 "2003-09-24T20:23:22Z")
BOOOO! ---
**Author:** ![Rayn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@Rayn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayn)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouser-snakes/203587/4 "2003-09-24T23:48:30Z")
This was anti-climactic. ---
**Author:** ![scotcho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@scotcho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotcho)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouser-snakes/203587/5 "2003-09-25T01:12:19Z")
I agree with **rayn**. I was expecting something much funnier (for me, not the snake guy) than a fine. Scotcho ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouser-snakes/203587/6 "2003-09-25T02:56:10Z")
[starts slipping off trenchcoat] Mine’s a little over seve. . . .Oh! Real snakes? Ummm. . . .nevermind. . . .I was just. . . . [puts coat back on and runs out of the room] ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouser-snakes/203587/7 "2003-09-25T03:04:00Z")
You know, sometimes you say something and just really start to regret it a few minutes later. . . :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Rayn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@Rayn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayn)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouser-snakes/203587/8 "2003-09-25T04:03:11Z")
And this too, shall pass. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouser-snakes/203587/9 "2003-09-25T05:59:15Z")
> [@](#): > > He was searched by customs officers who discovered the reptiles in packages strapped to his calves. The officers were probably alerted by the panicked mooing sound. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouser-snakes/203587/10 "2003-09-25T06:06:56Z")
I wonder how expensive his car is. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouser-snakes/203587/11 "2003-09-25T07:15:55Z")
I was _sure_ I read something about this, in this forum, just yesterday … Yup. I did. [Australia foils trouser snake smuggler!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=213253) ---
**Author:** ![Sanscour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f475e1/32.png) [@Sanscour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sanscour)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouser-snakes/203587/12 "2003-09-25T07:33:37Z")
There was a story on the Darwin Awards about a guy who tried to smuggle two live lobsters out of a grocery store by stuffing them into the pockets of his khakis… Unfortunately the lobsters did not have rubber bands on their claws and he was quickly captured after a lobster grabbed onto him…in…that…way…ouch. Crustacean vasectomy anyone? Sanscour ---
**Author:** ![Martiju](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@Martiju](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martiju)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouser-snakes/203587/13 "2003-09-25T13:42:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Little Nemo \* > \*\*The officers were probably alerted by the panicked mooing sound. \*\* Can’t let this one be ignored!! Nice one LN!!! 😃 😃