A new kind of terrorism?

[P89]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,355777,00.html

PHILADELPHIA — Customs agents seized more than two dozen giant beetles — some the size of a child's hand — from an overseas package after postal workers heard the insects making scratching noises.

The large bugs arrived last week from Taiwan at a post office in Mohnton, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) northwest of Philadelphia, in a box whose contents were labeled as toys, gifts and jellies, officials said Wednesday.

But the postmaster suspected the package contained live organisms and notified authorities, according to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency. The package was sent to Philadelphia, where it was X-rayed and then opened.

"The specimens were some of the largest of their kind, and some of the largest I've ever seen, averaging five to six inches in diameter," John Plummer, an agency agriculture specialist, said in a statement Wednesday. "They are highly destructive insect pests that can cause extensive damage to fruit and vegetable crops, trees, shrubs and turf grasses."

In all, authorities found 26 Hercules, rhinoceros and Goliath beetles. It is illegal to ship live beetles into the United States without a permit from the Department of Agriculture.

Seven of the beetles were in containers labeled by gender, which means they could have been intended for breeding, customs agency spokesman Steve Sapp said Wednesday.

The sender and recipient have been identified, Sapp said. An investigation is under way, but no decision has been made whether to file charges, he said.

That's a big bug.

[spabula]

if they were smart... they would just send over boat loads of hot chicks and watch the mind control goto work

[reels18]

You can bet the guy the package was addressed to is having some uninvited guests today.

Probably some dork that wanted to mate them and sell them as pets.

[LorDiego01]

The only thing that makes me think WTF about this story is...

Terrorism??? Where do you get that?

[Johannes_Paulsen]

The only thing that makes me think WTF about this story is...

Terrorism??? Where do you get that?

I'm still scratching my head over that.

Maybe it was to increase the number of thread views?

[P89]

Terrorism??? Where do you get that?

That was just my initial thought when I saw the red highlighted part above.
Attack the food source with BIG invasive bugs.
It was written as a question.
They're investigating so I should have saved the assumptions.

[Johannes_Paulsen]

That was just my initial thought when I saw the red highlighted part above.
Attack the food source with BIG invasive bugs.
It was written as a question.
They're investigating so I should have saved the assumptions.

It's a neat idea for a technothriller/terrorism story, though!

[P89]

It's a neat idea for a technothriller/terrorism story, though!

Eh, been done.

[KeithPA]

So my question of the day is........


If i shit outside a post office, am i a fecal terrorist?

[P89]

So my question of the day is........


If i shit outside a post office, am i a fecal terrorist?

Perhaps, but don' forget it's gonna cost you more to mail it now.