Rather, snakes IN a videotape. South African authorities have discovered ten extremely poisonous snakes disguised as videotapes. That's right, it turns out that it is a good thing the VHS tape is going away – snakes are camouflaging themselves as videotapes and mailing themselves to people. The Animal Uprising™ has sunk to a new low.
According to the SAPA news agency, investigators seized a package at a Johannesburg post office and found "extremely venomous snakes" in it.
"There is no anti-venom for these snakes so if anyone had been bitten, that would have been the end," it quoted spokesman Jacques du Toit as saying.
The posted snakes were three albino monocle cobras from southern Asia, three Arabian or Palestinian saw-scaled vipers, two Nubian spitting cobras and two taipans.
Taipans, a sub-species usually found in Papua New Guinea, are considered to be the most venomous.
The intended recipient of the parcel was arrested.
Oh sure, blame the intended victim. Poor guy gets a package with what looks to be harmless videotapes inside. When he sits down to watch a movie – bam – he's a snake snack. We here at Blue Crab Boulevard strongly recommend doing what we are about this newly identified menace. We're insuring that we have no venomous viper video vehicles by using all of the video cases as clay pigeons. Pull!
Remember to save your empty casings for the metal!
Heh!