Posted on 09/22/2007 7:18:31 AM PDT by wildbill
LOS ANGELES — A man accused of stealing three endangered iguanas from a nature preserve in Fiji and smuggling them into the United States in his prosthetic leg has been indicted.
Jereme James, 33, of Long Beach, faces a single count of smuggling, according to a federal indictment returned Friday in Los Angeles. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison.
Prosecutors say James stole the Fiji Island banded iguanas while visiting the South Pacific island in September 2002. He then brought the reptiles to the U.S. by hiding them in a special compartment he had constructed in his prosthetic leg, prosecutors said.
(Excerpt) Read more at chron.com ...
I know this may lead to juvenile attempts at humor (snicker) but lets discuss with the seriousness it deserves. It's a slow news day.
Gives new meaning to the phrase, "ya wanna play with my lizard."
I'm sorry.
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“Is that an iguana in your pants or are you just glad to see me?”
At least I said I was sorry.
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How did they catch him? Did he have a reptile dysfunction?
"In My Prosthetic Leg" would be a good name for their debut album.
Are you pulling my leg?
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Too many puns! Iguana get outta here!
(Somebody wanted SERIOUS on this thread?)
;^)
ROFL..
daylight come and iguana go homeeeee....!
Iguanas make me jumpy, but it’s the snapping turtles in your briefs that get attention.
Iguana smuggled in braA young iguana is enjoying its new home at Blackpool Zoo after being smuggled into the country in a bra.
An eagle-eyed police officer at Blackpool International Airport stopped a Russian woman after spotting that something was "moving" inside her dress.
During a search by a female security guard the iguana peeked out from the top of her bra.
( let an electrician check your shorts ) or maybe an iguana.
Hey Boortz read a story of a lady who was smuggling an iguana in her bra when she flew. I guess where you go iguana go too?
Oh heck. The story says he smuggled out a handful of (presumably baby) iguanas back in ‘02. They nabbed him when he put four up for sale and said he was apparently running a breeding program. So they’re going to put the seized lizard in an official breeding program.
I say we should be congratulating this guy for his enterpreneurial acumen. If they’d simply let him go on about his business he might well have taken the species off the endangered list at no cost to any taxpayer. For those who know, it was private ranching not official “protection” in Florida that saved the gator and similar ventures in Australia that saved the “saltie,” lowering the price of the critters’ skins and meat and undercutting the profits of poaching.
Re: international iguana smuggling week
The U.S customs estimates that they only catch 10% of the drugs being smuggled into the country and I’m sure they look harder for drugs than iguanas. (Well, maybe.)
So it’s absolutely mind-boggling how many iguanas may actually be smuggled into the country daily.
Given their breeding capacity, we’ll soon be up to our prosthetic arses in iguanas.
Reptilian Cognitive Dissonance Ping
(I know, you’re an amphibian, but just plain “ping” is so.....plain.)
“lets discuss with the seriousness it deserves”
serious? Poachers should be shot! SERIOUSLY!
I thought it was supposed to be “dear Lord I apologize for that right there.”
http://www.anapsid.org/iguana/moving.html
Helpful hint for iguana moving and transport.
(No,........really.)
They can’t do anything about 20 MILLION criminals who were smuggled into the US, but they go all out to nail Peg Leg Pete and a couple of lizards.
Iguana
Ingredients
1/2 oz. Vodka
1/2 oz. Jose Cuervo® Tequila
1/4 oz. Coffee Vodka
1 1/2 oz. Sweet & Sour mix
1/2 slice Lime
Directions:
Shake all ingredients (except lime slice) with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Add the lime slice and serve.
Drink Type: Cocktail
Glass Type: Cocktail Glass
(Maybe he just didn’t want to payfor a drink on the plane?)
serious? Poachers should be shot! SERIOUSLY!
You’re absolutely correct. Disgusting.
However...properly fried or broiled by a 5 star chef like Larry London they taste like frog.
a reptile dysfunction? (rimshot) Great one. ROFLAMAO
Thanks, I went to site on ‘iguana transport’ you linked to. I asked for serious discussing and found the following which made my day—especially the last paragraph.
“Many people smuggle their reptiles into the cabin with them. This is not only inadvisable, it is downright stupid. While you are unlikely to be kicked off in mid-flight, you are at risk of being sued by the airlines, fined by federal authorities, and sued by any passenger who was, in their own mind, terrorized or traumatized by your cute green iggy who escaped from your shirt or carry-on bag and scampered down the aisle. The way to change the regulation is not by disobeying it, but by educating the FAA and airlines.
Occasionally you will hear of individuals who did manage to get their reptiles on board. This is generally because they found an airline employee who didn’t realize it was against regulations. You may also run into airline personnel who don’t check to see if that is really a dog or a cat in the securely closed and covered carrier.
The bottom line is that you are not just an individual who happens to have an iguana you are smuggling on board. Ultimately, in the eyes of the non-herp owning public, you are representative of all iguana owners, and how you act, right or wrong, reflects on the rest of us.”
“they taste like frog.”
Never ate no Frenchman man?
Are you happy to see me or is that an iguana in your pants?
Does an Igauna leave guano?
LOL!!! I nominate this for post of the week!
Oh my goodness. You post an article about a guy smuggling iguanas in a prosthetic leg and you don’t want jokes about it?
Heh.
Hey, I don’t think they’re juvenile attempts at humor at all. Every comment so far has made me laugh.
Then again, I dunno, maybe I’m a juvenile.
You win.
Irony: n. a manner of speaking or writing in which the meaning of the literally expressed is the opposite of the meaning intended and which aims at ridicule, humor or sarcasm.
Does an iguana leave guano? Dunno. But it is an insightful question.
However, as my sainted grandmother would’ve said:
If Thebaddog said iguana guano was ambergris and myrhh, would you smear it in your armpits and call it anti-perspirant?
Ah....
DANG, if that's not post of the day!!!
It was that bit about arguing the true merits of this crime that fooled me.
Made me think what on earth don’t I know what might be going on with iguanas what with me being so hip and happening.
Heh. Here I am laughing at my own self.
“”Smuggling Iguanas” is a good name for an alternative rock band.
“In My Prosthetic Leg” would be a good name for their debut album.”
Sound like one of Dave Barry’s rock band names, LOL. See http://www.davebarry.com/rockbandlist.html
They caught him when he went to “drain the lizard.”
A reptile dysfunction indeed!
Interesting. Very interesting.
I must admit, I “borrowed” the concept from Dave Barry.
He should have purchased the lizards legally by credit card through authorized brokers:
“VISA - It’s Everywhere Iguana Be”
You can't be series, you're making a Hugh mistake!
Truly a sad tail.
LOL!
Just imagine, getting paid to check out chicks' breasts.
They have iguanas in Russia? Ivana Iguanas yet?
Who Gnu?
One that will grow and pass on . . .
There was no iguana in his pants......he was just glad to see them.
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