Grill ride
July 15th 2008 07:03
How much can a koala bear? Quite a lot, according to a story from Queensland, Australia, today.
A male koala who for reasons which will become apparent has been named Lucky, was hit today by a car doing sufficient speed for Lucky's head and one arm to be rammed through the radiator grill. And there he stayed, as the unsuspecting driver drove on.
Both Reuters and Australian Broadcasting Commission reports of the story say the car was doing 100 km/h when it struck Lucky, and that he wasn't discovered until the woman driver pulled into Petrie train station 12km down the road. Neither version of the story explains how the woman knew she was doing that speed, and travelled that distance, if she wasn't aware she'd hit Lucky in the first place.
But let's not compromise a good story by questioning facts.
The embedded koala, who is three years old if you believe the ABC and eight years old if you believe Reuters, was spotted once the car on which he was travelling stopped. At first, it was thought he'd been decapitated, but once it was determined that there was still a head on Lucky's shoulders, staff at the Australian Wildlife Hospital on the Sunshine Coast were called.
They extricated him, took him to intensive care, gave him a headache pill and a few pats, and watched him sit up 45 minutes later and take food. They said Lucky will be back in the bush in about 45 days.
Sources: ABC News, Reuters
A male koala who for reasons which will become apparent has been named Lucky, was hit today by a car doing sufficient speed for Lucky's head and one arm to be rammed through the radiator grill. And there he stayed, as the unsuspecting driver drove on.
Both Reuters and Australian Broadcasting Commission reports of the story say the car was doing 100 km/h when it struck Lucky, and that he wasn't discovered until the woman driver pulled into Petrie train station 12km down the road. Neither version of the story explains how the woman knew she was doing that speed, and travelled that distance, if she wasn't aware she'd hit Lucky in the first place.
But let's not compromise a good story by questioning facts.
The embedded koala, who is three years old if you believe the ABC and eight years old if you believe Reuters, was spotted once the car on which he was travelling stopped. At first, it was thought he'd been decapitated, but once it was determined that there was still a head on Lucky's shoulders, staff at the Australian Wildlife Hospital on the Sunshine Coast were called.
They extricated him, took him to intensive care, gave him a headache pill and a few pats, and watched him sit up 45 minutes later and take food. They said Lucky will be back in the bush in about 45 days.
Sources: ABC News, Reuters
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