sounds like a joke, huh?

nope.

and, this isn’t really an article about the mongoose or the leopard. the flamingo gets all the press. since, after all:

Animal expert Jack Hanna and an 11-month-old flamingo became trapped while trying to squeeze through an airport security turnstile. It took firefighters to finally get the flamingo out.

(ht, including modified subject line, to dave barry)