(CNN) — The claws got here out for a security screening.
Transportation safety Administration brokers got a shock after they stopped an extraordinary passenger this week at Boston's Logan foreign Airport: a 20-pound lobster, alive in a checked bag.
TSA spokesman Michael McCarthy tweeted a photograph Monday of the absurdly huge crustacean in all its shellfish-y glory.
".@TSA officers are expert at screening all kinds of gadgets in checked baggage...together with this 20+ pound lobster at @BostonLogan," he wrote.
reside lobsters on planes are fully fine with the TSA.
"A reside lobster is allowed through security and must be transported in a transparent, plastic, spill proof container," according to the TSA's online safety screening e book. "A TSA officer will visually check out your lobster at the checkpoint."It also recommends that travelers contact airways about their guidelines on flying with a are living lobster earlier than arriving on the airport.
McCarthy advised CNN that Monday's lobster turned into in an insulated cooler, so it turned into decent to move.
apparently, or not it's now not out of the regular for officers to run right into a lobster right through protection screenings, peculiarly in New England.
"What turned into amazing on this example become the size of the crustacean," McCarthy noted in an email.
McCarthy added the lobster become "eventually cleared to continue onto its destination."
If packing live lobsters is rarely your trend, numerous different offbeat stuff will also be thrown in your suitcase. Antlers, bowling balls, "Harry Potter" wands and light-weight sabers all have the TSA's approval to fly.
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