c/world · by FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works · 193d

Kenya arrests Chinese national over attempt to smuggle 2,000 queen ants

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz7gd57z33zo

cross-posted from: https://lemmings.world/post/42643077

Here's a headline I never thought I'd read.

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ryokimball@infosec.pub · 16 pts · 193d

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who@feddit.org · 9 pts · 193d

attempting to smuggle more than 2,000 queen garden ants out of the country.

It is believed that the intended destinations were the exotic pet markets in Europe and Asia.

psx_crab@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 193d (1 reply)

I'm curious what they do with the ant, so apparently it's meant as a pets. Pet trade is one large fucked up industry, like with fish, a lot of it can't breed captively so they all are wild caught then put on display, which mean a lot of it will die while in transportation. I assume this is the same with exotic pets like this ant.

BenjiRenji@feddit.org · 2 pts · 193d

Bringing queens across country borders (or even state lines) is more illegal than I thought.

real_squids@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 193d

Oh I've seen this one before, polish border control caught 2580 live ants being smuggled