A gecko has survived a flight across Europe in a heat-sealed bag, with nothing but broccoli for company.

Gecko returns to Essex after sojourn in the Costa Del Sol. (pic: Wales News Service)

Meet Gordon Gecko, found by shocked housewife Margaret Perthen in a bag of broccoli.

The 10cm (4in) lizard survived being heat sealed in a bag, before a 1,600km (1,000-mile) journey from Spain to Brentwood, Essex.

‘I’m a healthy eater, so I buy a lot of vegetables – but I’m not sure a gecko is one of your five a day,’ she joked.


The tiny stowaway made it all the way to a Tesco store in the UK. The supermarket chain have since apologised.