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<\/p>\nA Brisbane wildlife rescuer has saved a baby koala from the deadly grip of a python after coming across the pair while out for a bushwalk.<\/p>\n
Nell was walking her dog in Whites Hill Reserve at Camp Hill, when she heard a commotion, about 15 metres off the footpath.<\/p>\n
“I heard a lot of birds, so I ran over and that’s when I saw the joey look me dead in the eyes panicked and the mum was scratching at a python as she tried to get it off her baby.”<\/p>\n
“She was really distressed,” she said.<\/p>\n
That’s when Nell jumped into action and scooped up the joey, before she started to unravel the snake.<\/p>\n
“I didn’t know if the baby was breathing or had broken ribs or anything in that moment, I just picked it up and started unravelling,” Nell said.<\/p>\n
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The koala and the cub embraced after the rescue. (Supplied: @behappy.golucky<\/a>)<\/p>\n “It all happened so quickly \u2026 and all of a sudden I’ve got the snake in one hand and then the joey clutching onto my left shoulder crying.”<\/p>\n The rescuer said a man walking nearby stopped to offer his help but was not thrilled when she tried to hand over the snake.<\/p>\n She said she asked him to hold the snake, but he very quickly said no and offered to hold her dog instead.<\/p>\n Nell said she put the snake into a small tree while she checked the freed joey for injuries before reuniting it with mum who had stayed close by throughout the ordeal.<\/p>\n “I made sure its limbs were moving correctly and that it was breathing ok \u2026 then I walked up to the tree that its mum was in and it went straight up to her.”<\/p>\n Nell was walking with her dog Pluto when they saw the koala in the snake’s clutches. (Supplied: @behappy.golucky<\/a>)<\/p>\n “I then walked with the snake wrapped around my arm until I felt it was far enough that it wasn’t going to come back and do the same thing,” she said.<\/p>\n Nell said the python was about a metre-and-a-half in length and believes it would have killed the baby koala but not been able to swallow it.<\/p>\n “I came back about an hour or two later and saw the mum and her baby cuddling and they looked so happy.”<\/p>\n “That was the best feeling in the world \u2026 the snake was fine and can find a smaller meal somewhere else.”<\/p>\n Nell said she wanted to post the video to create more awareness about the endangered species and the challenges they face.<\/p>\n![\"a](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/af15c0476355e969369b0e16091fdfee.jpeg\")
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