How to ship live animals - USPS

Lisa · 05-09-04, 12:18 AM

This is from the USPS site. I wonder how much it would cost to ship a hippo

http://www.usps.com/moversnet/howtopacka2.html#hippos

Hippos

You'll need:

1,000-gallon tank per hippo
1,000 gallons of water
Crane
1-pound sedative
Soothing hippo music
2 Aspirin (for you)

How to pack:

1. Fill your tank with 800 gallons of water. Start yesterday. Remember, a medium-sized hippo takes up at least 200 gallons. (Just out of curiosity, why do you have a hippo, anyway?)

2. Apply sedative. Take two Aspirin.

3. Hold it, hold it - put the hippo in the tank, first. Start with soothing hippo music, followed by a large winch and crane.

4. Now go relax in a hot bath before the forklift arrives.

LPacker79 · 05-09-04, 12:50 PM

It's pages like this that almost make me ashamed to be a postal worker. Did you happen to see the instructions for packing your pet rock? Oi.

Lisa · 05-09-04, 04:01 PM

Didn't see the rock one. LMAO. Thats too funny.

Edwin · 05-13-04, 08:15 AM

LOL!

Cruciform · 05-13-04, 02:43 PM

I'm tempted to call them for a quote.