Smugglers

Reuters, accurate as usual, reports that a Saudi man was apprehended trying to smuggle cobras and crocodiles out of Egypt and into Saudi Arabia.

The discovery of the reptiles in the passenger's bags triggered a brief panic among security personnel at the Cairo International Airport, witnesses said.

The 22-year-old passenger, identified only as Anas, said he needed the reptiles, which also included chameleons, for scientific research at his university in Saudi Arabia.

Longtime readers will, of course, recognize the factual error in the report. The reptile legions of the Animal Uprising™ were actually trying to smuggle the man into Saudi Arabia.