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Surprise in the storm drain, as Australian workers discover wombat is source of obstruction

Summary by thecooldown.com
A routine stormwater drain inspection in New South Wales, Australia, faced an unexpected pipe interruption that caught the team of council workers off guard. The clog? A very cozy wombat. In the town of Bega, workers using a pipe camera were surprised to find that an odd-looking fatberg was actually a curious wombat who had likely mistaken the stormwater drain for an underground burrow. The Bega Valley Shire Council shared the footage on its soc…

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thecooldown.com broke the news on Saturday, May 2, 2026.
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