I was on a flight in South Korea once that had to be evacuated before take-off due to something really rotten a little Korean lady had brought on board in her carry-on "luggage". Nasty.My father had a suitcase just for taking steamed crabs out to relatives whenever someone flew to Arizona or California. It never got lost by the airlines.
When I was a kid, a great uncle owned/managed a large guest lodge on an island up in Maine. Every year when he closed for the season, he'd bring a huge mess of lobsters down to MD and treat the whole family to a feast. He had a small utility trailer that he pulled behind his old sedan...he had had a copper-lined and insulated box built in to it. He'd pick the lobsters up at the wharf, pack them in seaweed/grass and ice and roll on south. They always arrived live and feisty...