A real-life drop bear! Angry koala has to be dragged off a young boy after it charges and pounces on him during a family bushwalk and refuses to let go
- A koala has been pulled off a young child after it viciously leapt onto him
- The marsupial attacked the boy at the Kennett River Walk in Victoria
- A man standing nearby attempts to pull the koala off by pulling on its arm
- Footage of the incident had recently resurfaced online
An enraged koala had to be dragged off a small child after it pounced on the youngster and refused to let go.
The marsupial charged at the boy at the Kennett River Walk near the Great Ocean Road in Victoria before latching on to his leg.
Video that resurfaced online shows the koala climb up the child’s leg and grab hold of his jumper as he fell to the ground.
The malevolent marsupial charged at the boy at the Kennett River Walk near the Great Ocean Road in Victoria before latching on to his leg
A man standing next to the boy springs into action and tries to pry the marsupial off by pulling on one of its arms.
After a considerable struggle, the animal is pulled off but refuses to let go with its left paw despite the rest of its body dangling in the air.
The young child, who is heard weeping once the animal is extracted, is consoled by a woman nearby.
‘Holy s**t that kid is so lucky he didn’t get ripped apart!!’ a user wrote in the comments of the 2019 video that resurfaced on Reddit this week.
The koala climbed up the child’s leg and grabbed hold of his jumper as he fell to the ground
A man standing next to the boy springs into action and tries to pry the marsupial off by pulling on one of its arms
One commenter said Australians have ‘warned the world about drop bears for decades’, referring to fictitious koala-like animals invented to scare tourists.
‘This is a good training video for what happens when you don’t have a good smear of Vegemite behind your ears,’ another joked in reference to a supposed drop bear repellant.
Some social media users on both the Reddit page and the original YouTube video warned that Koalas are ‘wild animals’ and not to be played with.
The distressing scene took place at the Kennett River Koala Walk, which is near the Great Ocean Road.
Some social media users on both the Reddit page and the original YouTube video warned that koalas are ‘wild animals’ and not to be played with
The walk is famous for having a large population of wild koalas residing in the area, along with other animals such as wallabies, king parrots and kookaburras.
It is often visited by tourists, usually as a ideal rest stop when travelling along the Great Ocean Road.
The Kennett River Walk is one of the few spots in Australia designed for tourists and local residents to see a huge population of koalas in their natural habitat.
It is recommended on the Great Ocean Road Australia website that visitors do not feed or touch the animals on the walk.
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