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WHAT THE… 10 BIZARRE FINDS BY DUTCH CUSTOMS

Deep fried rodents, a lama’s fetus, that cute skirt you owned until you realized it was made out of a type of python which is going extinct. Yup, airport customs are hard to shock these days with all the things they see passing through. Here’s a list of the most bizarre things found in the Netherlands this past year (imagine what it would be like if we had data from the entire world!):

– Opening up a suitcase and being confronted with a gigantic, dried deer penis. It’s possible. And it’s not even illegal. In some parts of China a deer’s penis is conventional birthday gift. They let the penis soak in alcohol, which is then drunk by the birthday boy or girl. This gives me the chills…

– You need a permit to take crocodile meat to the Netherlands. Same for crocodile pate. Just so you know. NO MORE CROCODILE PATE.

– A traveler from Ecuador brought back a deep fried guinea pig, meant as an in-between snack. Uh, yummy?

– A passenger from Paramaribo carried thirteen songbirds in his hand luggage. The idiot was a merchant and this is just awful and obviously forbidden.

– Hiding a gecko in a consignment of lamps from China.

– The Dutch customs found eight iguanas from Curaçao, chopped into pieces. From the tail they were able to trace that they were the protected Green Iguanas. Aiiiii.

– A couple from China brought back 15.083 pills. And 25.600 cigarettes were found in a Russian tourists suitcase. ‘For personal use’. See look, customs is too smart for that.

– A hand bag full of turtles, they’re cute, but no.

– Customs also found a candy box filled with a lama fetus. A German passenger had brought this back from Bolivia, where they believe a lama or alpaca fetus brings good luck if you bury one under your home. Okay.

– A piranha to eat at home. Incase you’re ever in the mood for some piranha (hey, I mean I guess it happens), then it’s possible. They’re not an endangered species.