Here in the Northern Hemisphere, we picture Koalas as cuddly, gentle creatures that sit in trees chewing Eucalyptus leaves. However, this video posted by Ebony Churchill, a daily farmer, shows that these tiny bears can be quite a handful.
In the video, Churchill tries to ride away from a koala chasing her on an ATV, and when the koala eventually catches up to her, she jumps off to find the bear climbing on to the back tire.
Churchill shouts “It’s coming! Get away, get away!”
The woman had to jump off her ATV as the speedy koala climbed aboard.
According to Bill Ellis, Director of the Koala Ecology Group at the University of Queensland, the animal’s behavior was very unusual as wild koalas normally don’t approach vehicles or people, especially in the daytime. Koalas at the zoo are usually lazily slumped in tree branches, and appear to be very slow, however wild koalas are much more agile, and can even be dangerous.
In an interview with a Melbourne news station, Ellis explained that “A wild koala is quite a dangerous animal to deal with unless you know what you’re doing. They’ve got super sharp claws and really strong and very sharp teeth. They can do quite significant damage.”
The koala bloody chased me tonight! F#$….Shit me self
Posted by Ebony Churchill on Friday, August 14, 2015
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