Roachman26
Seventh Instar
Does anyone know how hard it is to import fresh blood or entirely new species from any of the South American Countries? I used to work for a tropical fish importer in the 90's and we got weekly shipments from Belem, Brazil , Peru, Africa and Singapore among many other places. I was the guy who went to the LAX cargo area and picked them up after the government was done rifling through.... oh.. I meant "inspecting" them. Those idiots didn't know a Corydoras from a Pekoltia. BTW, we used to get really cool bugs by accident in some of the boxes. You should have seen some of the bugs running around our warehouse. I used to step on these giant roaches and it would make a huge mess. I now know they were one of the jumbo Blaberus species. Of course I never took any pics. I didn't even own a camera back then, but they looked just like B. giganteus and they were much bigger than my lone hisser boy. You had to stand on this step to reach the top tanks and they would dart under your feet as you moved around. It felt like stepping on a rat. They were unbelievably strong.
Anyhow, I was thinking of giving my old boss a call and finding out what it would cost and how hard it would be to add a box of roaches to his next shipment of fish. Obviously he knows how to get all the import permits in order. We used to have a Brazilian woman who represented the seller in Belem come to the warehouse and visit from time to time. If I remember correctly he, had people that arranged all the permits for him. Maybe I can get in contact with them too.
Please correct my ignorance.
Anyhow, I was thinking of giving my old boss a call and finding out what it would cost and how hard it would be to add a box of roaches to his next shipment of fish. Obviously he knows how to get all the import permits in order. We used to have a Brazilian woman who represented the seller in Belem come to the warehouse and visit from time to time. If I remember correctly he, had people that arranged all the permits for him. Maybe I can get in contact with them too.
Please correct my ignorance.