National Geographic: Dried Seahorses Seized-All Eight Million
In this week's crime blotter: fish illegally bound for Asia, a massive elephant skull, and 22 tortoises in a bag.
In 2012, Peruvian authorities seized these dried seahorses. They were bound for Asia, where they're used in traditional medicine.
Four years ago Peruvian authorities seized 16,000 dried seahorses abandoned on a street near an airport in Lima, the nation's capital. If you think that sounds like a whole lot of fish, think again. This time...