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"He wasn't moving fast but he was trying to get under another pallet and we didn't know if we'd ever see him again if he got away so we managed to confine him in a box," warehouse manager Will Evans told the RSPCA.
An RSPCA rescuer was called to the warehouse on Thursday after staff managed to trap the gecko in a box. The warehouse workers nicknamed the small lizard Skull King in honor of the Beaverton Brewery beer box they used to capture it.
Warehouse workers said the gecko is believed to have stowed away on a 4,000-mile trip from North America or a 900-mile trip from Munich with a shipment of Hawaii-based Kona Brewing Company beer.
The gecko was taken to a specialist veterinarian to be checked out.
"At least in this instance, ale's well that ends well," RSPCA senior scientific officer Nicola White said.
He has lost his tail, a defense mechanism when they panic. He was slow due to the cold & possible hibernation but we popped him in a box by a heater & he became much quicker. He was collected yesterday by the @RSPCA_official & taken to a reptile vet #skullkingthegecko 🦎💀👑 pic.twitter.com/21MrlIA4Yq
— CaveDirectNorth (@CaveDirectNorth) January 5, 2018