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windsorHaze t1_jch11nu wrote

Reply to comment by goatholomew in TIL that USPS ships day old baby chicks in the mail by shelovesbackshots

Usps treats “live animals” differently from the rest of the packages. Live animals get special labeling on transport containers, and segregated from the rest of the mail. They moved to safer & warmer locations in the warehouses between relay destinations.

Fun fact: usps is the only organization in the us allowed to ship live animals and cremated remains via package/mail.

Source: am usps employee.

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Disneyhorse t1_jci08ug wrote

My husband works for FedEx and they ship live animals. Bees, fish, lobsters, reptiles. He told me a story of one poor driver who had a box full of 100 anoles break open inside the truck.

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ArcFurnace t1_jciiclx wrote

Girls Mailmen like swarms of lizards, right?

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RoboWonder t1_jckl5ol wrote

Sir, the store is closing in two minutes.

Ok, ok, I'll take the 500 lizards. No, wait, yes. No. Yes. Yes. Yes! The parrot!

squaaaack

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TheCervus t1_jcj6mvn wrote

A zoo in Minnesota once shipped a camel to Alaska via FedEx.

My source for this info was a zoo employee. I neglected to ask him why the camel was shipped to Alaska. I presume it was being moved to another zoo.

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denisturtle t1_jcjkou2 wrote

Iirc FedEx has fancy planes for shipping horses, so one of those could easily ship a camel.

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gerkletoss t1_jch4q49 wrote

And invertebrates get labelled "harmless reptile" by sellers because employees will treat them better

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Maanee t1_jcixpjt wrote

There is no distinction in how they are treated. Live animal means live animal.

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J655321M t1_jchilcx wrote

I ship snakes through FedEx all the time.

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