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Jack Hanna of "Animal Adventures" and "ZooLife with Jack Hanna" is a well known and renown expert in all things related to the animal kingdom. However, he appears to lack some basic geometric skills in successfully navigating airport security with a live flamingo. It's amazing how you can't bring a bottle of water along for the flight, but you can bring along a four foot gregarious wading bird.

Hanna was passing through the security turnstile at the Ohio State University Airport with three other people in his entourage. The group was transporting a mongoose, a leopard, and the now popular flamingo when the flamingo's square compartment become lodged in the round 10-foot tall turnstile along with Hanna. This incident also blocked anyone on the tarmac from entering the terminal.

"I was stuck like a worm. My eyes were as big as grapefruits," Hanna said. "I can't describe the feeling in my stomach. I can't move up or down. The bars are on your face."

He was able to wiggle himself free from the revolving device and went for help for his still trapped feathered friend. The Columbus Ohio fire department responded at 12:30 am for what they recorded as a "flamingo rescue'". Three responders were able to lift the compartment up and over the 10 foot turnstile. 

Here's a link to the original CNN story.