The poll by flight comparison website JetCost showed many passengers like to try their luck with a bizarre range of mementos² when returning home from vacation.

 

Top of the list of items removed by security was handcuffs, with 14 per cent of respondents revealing the kinky bedroom accessory was the reason they had gotten into trouble with airport staff.

 

Many claimed they had forgotten the item was in their hand luggage, but some admitted they were intending to use them during their plane journey.

 

Second on the list was sand or foliage³ from the place the person had visited, with nine percent of respondents admitting their souvenir had fallen foul⁴ of security rules.

 

Bizarrely, third on the list of items confiscated was living animals, with eight per cent of people admitting they'd had creatures including lizards⁵ and spiders removed from their hand luggage before boarding their flight.

 

Rounding up the list were tent pegs⁶ at number four and dead animals, such as pheasants, at number five.

 

The survey also questioned 1,000 residents of Spain, Italy, Germany and France to find out what were the most common items confiscated by people from those countries.

 

In Spain, the most common item removed at security was cutlery, in Italy it was hair dye and in Germany it was dead animals.

 

Meanwhile in France, the survey showed that locals were most likely to have fireworks taken off them from their hand luggage.

点击收听单词发音