Posted by: dumbrella | June 3, 2009

Koala Climbs into Bed with Tourists

Three tourists received a mostly pleasant surprise when they discovered a koala trying to get into their in their holiday home on Magnetic Island, Queensland.

A koala, recently

A koala, recently

The curious marsupial had become confused after climbing down from a nearby tree on “Maggie” and clambering onto the wooden veranda, looking for a place to rest his head.

The UK’s Times reports:

It wandered around the balcony before climbing on to a bed covered with a rather garish blue and pink floral duvet, where the koala settled in for a while.

“They called and said, ‘this is not a prank but there’s a koala who just walked into our house and is sleeping on our bed’,” Bungalow Bay ranger Clifford Harman told The Times.

“I couldn’t believe it, I’ve seen them in the wild and I’ve heard them climbing into cars and stuff, but not on a bed.”

Read the full story here.


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