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A drugs haul weighing more than an elephant has been seized in the Mexican navy's biggest ever drugs bust.

The operation saw 23 people arrested off the country's southwest coast.

The haul weighed some 8,400kg - an elephant can weigh up to 6,000kg on average, according to the WWF.

"This represents the largest quantity of drugs seized in a maritime operation, without precedent in the history of the institution," the navy said in a statement.

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Israel being awful aside, the Jerusalem Post has a very amusing history of comparing space rocks to random things as they fly by the Earth, illustrating how silly such things are.

Asteroid the size of 543 McDonald's French fries to pass Earth Friday - https://www.jpost.com/science/space/article-792933
Giant asteroid the size of 770 lions to pass Earth Thursday, June 27 - https://www.jpost.com/science/article-807825
AI spots huge asteroid the size of 182 beavers that humans missed - https://www.jpost.com/science/space/article-754217
Asteroid the size of eight Taylor Swifts to pass Earth Tuesday - https://www.jpost.com/science/space/article-785118
Giant asteroid the size of 1,000 capybaras to pass Earth Tuesday - https://www.jpost.com/science/space/article-761322
Asteroid the size of 48 eggplants to pass Earth Tuesday - https://www.jpost.com/science/article-740160

It seemed like they were doing one a week for a while.

Edit: forgot my favorite- Asteroid the size of 16.5 John Cenas to pass Earth on Friday, March 15 https://www.jpost.com/science/space/article-791712

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