Snakes, giant fish, turtles and crabs: Brisbane Airport crawls with wildlife monitored 24 hours by staff

Bird strikes are a well-known hazard to aircraft, but Brisbane Airport is grappling with some giant groupers.

The fish, some almost 1 metre long, are living in the airport’s drainage channels and feasting on other species.

Brisbane Airport’s wildlife management team is calling in experts from Sea World to help remove the giant groupers.

The dilemma emerged after juvenile groupers entered the drainage channels from Moreton Bay to gorge on schools of fish washing into the drains on the…