Twitter's newest viral sensations are the 29 sumo wrestlers who were photographed cramming their way onto a small jet Tuesday.
BoingBoing.com reported that the wrestlers are all part of the Hakkaku Stable sumo organization, and were bound for a training camp in Japan’s Shimane Prefecture. As you see, there's not too much room for the drink cart.
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Sumo wrestlers in general weigh in at an average of 330 pounds, so the sumos on this plane likely added 4.7 tons — nearly 10,000 pounds — to their JAL jet,
The Telegraph U.K. noted.
Sumo wrestlers consume roughly 20,000 calories a day, which is more than four times the intake of an average person, and before the flight they snuck in a little (or big) snack at one of the airport restaurants.
Although a few of the sumos were looking a little nervous before the flight . . .
Everything turned out just fine.
隠岐空港に到着！
#sumo pic.twitter.com/gtYo5AkatL
— 八角部屋 (@hakkakubeya)
July 30, 2014
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