Kudos to the x-ray operator who was not so preoccupied looking for bottles of water, snowglobes, cupcakes, or credit card knives to see this grenade.

The pic of the grenade on the TSA blog shows it wrapped up in some sort of yellow duct tape. While this could be construed as a wise precaution, as it holds the spoon in place even in the event of the pin coming out, I am curious to know whether the grenade was taped up when found, or if it was taped up by TSA, or by the local EOD who responded.

Also, the hand holding the grenade is wearing what appear to be standard TSA-issue blue gloves. Does this mean that a TSO picked up the grenade to take a picture of it before EOD arrived? If so, D-D-D!

Inquiring minds want to know...