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A stray mule ambled into Tel Aviv airport, causing bewildered security staff to chase it around the building.
The animal opted for Terminal 1 at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport to satisfy its wanderlust craving.
Video shared on social media shows the animal casually strolling about the terminal, while a woman can be heard laughing hysterically at the spectacle.
The footage was tweeted by Rubi Hammerschlag, a correspondent for the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation, with the caption: “Remember ‘a horse walks into a bar’? Here’s the version where ‘a horse entered the airport tonight’."
Staff managed to lead the mule to an area of the airport without passengers.
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They fed and watered it before inspectors from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development were called in to take care of the beast, reports The Times of Israel.
Inspectors said the mule was in good health, but could find no electronic chip or other identification indicating who it might belong to.
They still have no idea as to where the animal came from or how it got to the airport.
A video uploaded to YouTube by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development shows a man leading the mule into the back of a horse trailer.
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