US EditionA real possum appears among plush toy animals in Australian airport gift shop
The Australian brushtail possum was found calmly nestled among native plush toys and safely relocated by airport staff, with the incident sparking viral social media attention.
- On Wednesday, a passenger discovered a live Australian brushtail possum nestled among Australian-themed plush animals in a Hobart Airport gift shop. Airport retail manager Liam Bloomfield confirmed the creature was safely relocated.
- Bloomfield speculated the possum entered through construction access points created by ongoing "redevelopment works," though the entry remains a "true mystery" for Hobart Airport officials managing the $1.1bn terminal upgrade.
- Footage captured the marsupial "blended in" among plushies before growing wary of attention. "We had passengers here, there and everywhere, taking videos," Bloomfield said, describing the chaotic scene.
- Operations teams "safely escorted" the animal back to the wild, ensuring no flights were delayed. The Lagardere AWPL group reported no passenger disruption during removal of the "cruisy" visitor.
- Staff plan to create a "shrine" to commemorate the possum, as Travellers flock to the "Possum Shelf" turning the encounter into a local landmark amid Tasmania's $1.1bn terminal upgrade.
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A small marsupial was discovered hidden among the plushs of a shop at an Australian airport. The staff managed to capture the animal. He was released into the safe and healthy nature. - "He decided to make his home there": a opossum found hidden in the middle of the plushs of an airport (Environment).
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close Video Possum hides among stuffed animals at Australian airport A live brushtail possum was seen this week curled up in a store cubby at Australia’s Hobart Airport alongside stuffed toys. (Melissa Oddie) NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Someone was playing possum — or stuffed animal. Among plush kangaroos, dingoes and Tasmanian devils ready to be bought by parents of antsy children, a live brushtail possum waited in a gift sh…
In Australia, a flight passenger was recently greeted by an unusual sight during his visit to a gift shop at Hobart Airport.
The scene is reminiscent of the film E.T., the alien: a wild opossum hid among the teddy at Hobart Airport, Australia.
A customer noticed something flickering among the stuffed kangaroos in the departure terminal of Hobart Airport in Tasmania, and as CNN reports, there was indeed a real animal among the toys, an Australian bush-tailed possum. The customer told a store employee, who notified the airport management to send someone because there was an possum in the store. However, the commotion scared the animal and it ran away. Fortunately, before all this, a vid…
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