Lincolnshire Police reveal items seized or handed over to officers investigating wildlife crime.
The craze for collecting ants takes Kenya by surprise as smugglers zone in to make a profit.
Nigeria's customs agency says wildlife trafficking is "frequent" in the country.
He had spider-tailed horned vipers, Asian leaf turtles and Indonesian pit vipers in checked-in luggage.
The 81-year-old breeder imported tissue from the Marco Polo argali sheep, the world's largest, from Kyrgyzstan.
A collection of 3,404 rare eggs have been seized in Granton, Tasmania, after a European operation into the illegal bird trade.
The traveller was caught with "living snakes in all kinds of shapes, sizes and colours", officials say.
How endangered species are smuggled out of Africa and what is being done to prevent it.
Six Indian nationals have been arrested for attempting to smuggle dozens of animals out of Thailand.
