The Transportation Security Administration said an officer at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey found a live turtle concealed in the crotch of a traveler's pants.

Authorities say a man passing through security at a New Jersey airport was found to have a live turtle concealed in his pants.

The urge to smuggle contraband through airport security brings out the inner criminal in all of us, but one Pennsylvania native really came out of his shell when he decided to try and smuggle a live turtle through customs by stuffing it down his shorts.