Abu Dhabi police find snakes on a plane ... and squirrels and parrots

You know that the United Arab Emirates is not to be outdone, right? So, when an 89-year-old lady's dog gets loose on an American flight, the Middle East has to find a way to trump it. And, you know it was better than a dog and a cat or an angry monkey.

On a flight from Indonesia to the United Arab Emirates, a passenger was reported to have "four snakes, two parrots and a squirrel inside a box" ... not to mention other animals! I seriously want to know how the hell this stuff made it onto the plane!

Though the police in Abu Dhabi didn't reveal the snake species, a newspaper in Dubai hit up a few experts and said they were "reticulated and blood pythons, both non-venomous," according to the Associated Press.

[photo by goingslo via Flickr]

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