Jaywalking koala escorted from Brisbane highway by policeman – video

Footage posted on Facebook by Queensland couple Mike and Lee-Anne Phipps shows a koala hopping down the middle of a road. Cars had to stop on the Brisbane Valley Highway in Australia on Saturday when the marsupial, rarely spotted on the ground, went for a wander. A police officer helps escort the koala back to the surrounding trees

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