Smuggling Pigeons in Your Pants Ain't Cool

Not the guy in question.

Is that a pigeon in your pants, or are you just happy to see me?

Got you with the headline, didn't I? In news of the weird - which we all need in the midst of These Economic Times - a man was stopped in Melbourne airports' customs with not one, but two, pigeons strapped to his legs. Under his pants. Whaaa?

It turns out that the 23-year-old man, who had just disembarked from a flight from Dubai, had wrapped the birds in padded envelopes before taping them to his calves (under his pants). He also was in possession of two pigeon eggs, which he had cleverly hidden inside of a pill container.

Those are pigeons.

This is a dude who clearly loves his pigeons, because he faces up to 10 years in prison and a $70k fine under Australia's strict quarantine and wildlife importation laws.

In case you were curious (and I was, because I too love the misunderstood heroes), the pigeons were unharmed. Although that couldn't have been comfortable. Just look at the poor dudes!