No snakes on the plane here: Live eels seen 'spilling' onto tarmac at Canada airport

Does the thought of snakes on a plane give you the heebie-jeebies? Wait till you hear about live eels on the tarmac. According to reports, a shipment of live eels broke open spilling the creatures on the tarmac at?Vancouver International Airport (YVR) in Canada.?Going by the clip online, a broken box could be seen lying on top of a stationary conveyor belt as live eels pooled on the tarmac after sliding down the belt. Here's what went on.

How did the live eels end up on the tarmac?

a shipment of live eels broke open spilling the creatures on the tarmac | Image: Instagram

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A shipment of live eels reportedly broke open, spilling the creatures onto the tarmac at Vancouver International Airport (YVR) in Canada. In a now-viral video, the eels can be seen slowly sliding out of the box, journeying down a stationary conveyor belt before making their way to the tarmac. Once there, they continue to slither and move this way and that, probably trying to make sense of where they were. It's a saddening video no less. In the video, a person could even be heard screaming in the background.?

“A shipment of live eels was spilled onto the apron surface while ground handlers were unloading an aircraft at YVR,” said Tanya Crowell, communications specialist with YVR, as reported by Daily Hive Canada.?“The live eels were collected and repackaged safely.??

How did the internet react?

The incident took place at at Vancouver International Airport (YVR) in Canada | Image: Instagram

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This particular clip raked in 658k views, 2,588 likes and comments to match. A lot of people found the sight sad. "The poor things," wrote one. "Why were they all squished into a box anyways. The inhumanity thst humans inflict upon animals is terrifying," asked another. "These are live animals, real lives in danger. This is horrifying and very serious. Terrible!!!!" chimed in a third.

Check out the video below:

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