Baby koala miraculously survives eagle attack and massive fall
Bob the koala must’ve felt as though he’d woken up on the wrong side of the gumtree!
Bob has made a miraculous recovery after a terrifying ordeal that saw the eight month old koala scooped up in the talons of a wedge-tailed eagles and dropped 10 metres to the ground.
Bob was rescued by two early-morning walkers in November, who picked him up and took him to the University of Queensland’s (UQ) Small Animal Hospital at Gatton.
Bob is now in the hands of a certified carer and edging closer to release.
UQ Associate Professor Dr Bob Doneley said, "He was very lucky he didn't become the eagle's breakfast. I've seen a lorikeet that has been rescued from a carpet snake, animals that have been attacked by predators and survived, but I've certainly not seen an animal that has been dropped from mid-air. We treated him with intravenous fluid, antibiotics and painkillers."
"We're told he's doing very well now and eating by himself.”
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