A shopper did a double-take when a cuddly toy on a shelf turned out to be a living possum.
The marsupial was videoed peering out from its perch.
The real brushtail possum had nestled among fluffy toy marsupial animals, including bilbies and dingoes.
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It was spotted by a passenger at Hobart Airport, Australia.
It was unknown how the possum got into the shop and how long it was there.
It was thought unlikely to have been placed there as a prank, as someone would have had to put the possum through X-ray screening to get it into the secure departure terminal area, as reported by Whats The Jam.
Hobart Airport’s Liam Bloomfield said: “A passenger reported it to one of the staff members on shift who couldn’t quite believe what she was hearing.
“She then called the airport management and said, ‘We’ve got a possum in the store’.
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“It was a bit of a mad rush to make sure it was safe and no passengers were disrupted and that the possum got back home.”
Airport staff helped the possum safely leave the terminal unharmed.
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