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Someone was playing possum — aliases stuffed animal.
Among plush kangaroos, dingoes and Tasmanian devils fresh to beryllium bought by parents of antsy children, a unrecorded brushtail possum waited successful a gift shop astatine an Australian airport this week.
The chaotic animal was first noticed by a shopper successful nan shop connected Wednesday, unit head Liam Bloomfield of Hobart Airport successful nan authorities of Tasmania said.
"A rider reported it to …. 1 of nan unit members connected displacement who couldn’t rather judge what she was hearing," Bloomfield told The Associated Press. "She past called nan (airport) guidance and said we’ve sewage a possum successful nan store."
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A unrecorded Australian brushtail possum sits connected nan show support astatine a terminal shop astatine Hobart Airport successful Hobart, Australia, connected Wednesday. (Melissa Oddie via AP)
Staff astatine the airport were capable to region nan animal without harming it.
"I’m imaging it saw immoderate of nan plush animals that were for waste connected nan support and it decided to make its location pinch those," Bloomfield joked of why nan possum was hiding pinch nan stuffed toys. "It wanted to blend in."
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The arrivals area astatine Hobart Airport successful Australia. (Steve Bell/Getty Images)
"Can you spot nan imposter?" nan airdrome wrote successful a Facebook station Thursday that showed nan possum coiled up successful a cubby pinch its stuffed counterparts.
"This cheeky mislaid possum recovered a clever hiding spot among nan Aussie plushies successful our unit store," nan airdrome continued. "Luckily it was safely relocated retired of nan terminal area and nan abstraction was cleaned."
Passengers boarding a level astatine Hobart Airport successful Australia. (William West/AFP via Getty Images)
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Bloomfield said nan possum not only recovered a measurement into nan airdrome but besides their hearts.
"We’ll person a small shrine to nan possum," he revealed, according to The Independent. "There will beryllium a bully small photo; erstwhile it gets a name, we will put a bully small station successful beforehand of nan shop to make judge it’s remembered."
