Hummingbirds and Peckers

More than a dozen hummingbirds were found wrapped up in special pouches sewn into the front of a Dutch traveler’s underpants in French Guiana.

If you were sat next to this airline passenger, you might understand why he was fidgeting around so much. The birds were individually wrapped in cloth and taped to the pouch to prevent them from “escaping” from their sweaty travel container. But fortunately for the unfortunate birds authorities noticed the passenger acting suspiciously and he was detained by French customs officers.

When his underwear was removed, officials discovered the haul of tiny hummingbirds – who are not believed to have been sedated – lining the front. The man, who reportedly has had a previous conviction, was arrested for smuggling live hummingbirds in his trousers out of the country at the Rochambeau Airport in Cayenne, French Guiana.

How the tiny birds did not suffocate is a miracle?  If I was one of those birds, I would have peck the smuggler’s naughty genitalia as hard as I could to dent his dong.

This gives a whole new meaning to the term “budgie smugglers” (Australian slang term for men’s tight-fitting briefs. The “lump in the front” apparently resembles a budgie when it is stuffed down the front of someone’s shorts. Ah, those crazy Aussies!!)