{"id":2663,"date":"2023-09-14T04:53:08","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T04:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/?p=2663"},"modified":"2023-09-14T04:53:09","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T04:53:09","slug":"lizard-lingerie-chinese-customs-uncover-16-live-sailfin-lizards-hidden-in-womans-underwear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/?p=2663","title":{"rendered":"Lizard lingerie: Chinese customs uncover 16 live sailfin lizards hidden in woman\u2019s underwear"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>MT News<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>14 September 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chinese customs officials made a shocking exotic pet trade discovery when they seized 16 live sailfin lizards concealed within a woman\u2019s undergarments. The woman, attempting to smuggle these rare reptiles into Hong Kong, was apprehended at Futian Port, located in Shenzhen, eastern China. Noticing the woman\u2019s unusually bulky attire, officials conducted a search which revealed five mesh bags containing the lizards stashed in her undergarments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Customs officers escorted the woman to a search area where she was asked to remove her clothes. The footage, released by China\u2019s Customs Department, shows officials unpacking the lizards from the bags and placing them in large plastic containers to await inspection by wildlife experts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sailfin lizard, also known as the sailfin dragon (Hydrosaurus amboinensis), is a large reptile similar to an iguana. The creature gets its name from the sail-like structure on its tail. Indigenous to Indonesia and the Philippines, these reptiles primarily inhabit areas near water bodies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sailfins face significant threats from habitat loss and the exotic pet trade. The lizards are highly sought after by individuals with an interest in keeping unusual pets, leading to a surge in their illegal trafficking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ref; The Thaiger<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"773\" height=\"492\" data-id=\"2666\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/photo_2023-09-14_11-07-21-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/photo_2023-09-14_11-07-21-1.jpg 773w, https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/photo_2023-09-14_11-07-21-1-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/photo_2023-09-14_11-07-21-1-768x489.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/photo_2023-09-14_11-07-21-1-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 773px) 100vw, 773px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"422\" data-id=\"2667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/photo_2023-09-14_11-07-22.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/photo_2023-09-14_11-07-22.jpg 615w, https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/photo_2023-09-14_11-07-22-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/photo_2023-09-14_11-07-22-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MT News 14 September 2023 Chinese customs officials made a shocking exotic pet trade discovery when they seized<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2664,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2663"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2668,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2663\/revisions\/2668"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}