Koala gets behind the wheel after being rescued from Australian freeway

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A koala crossing one of South Australia’s busiest freeways has led to a six-car pile-up as drivers abandoned their vehicles to mount a rescue of the marsupial. [...]

A male driver reportedly was the first person that tried to rescue the koala before 7am. His car was then hit from behind, causing a chain reaction.

“The koala was just cute … sort of stomping between the cars and the barrier. Then I saw a lady running behind it, trying to catch it with a blanket or something” said Nadia Tugwell, who was behind the pille-up.

Tugwell grabbed a jacket from her car and also raced towards the koala.

While she waited an hour for the rescuer to arrive, Tugwell said the koala made itself at home in her car, including on the steering wheel. “I was sitting there entertaining myself but I had to jump out of the car at that stage when he decided to take over,” she said.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/feb/08/quite-a-calm-koala-marsupial-gets-behind-the-wheel-after-being-rescued-from-australian-freeway

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I thought the Koala was driving and hit lots of cars.

RIP my English comprehension skills. 

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he really made himself at home, what a cutie

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We don’t deserve them 

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Yikes.... a 6-car pile-up over that.  

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