{"id":190503,"date":"2025-12-18T03:10:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T03:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/190503\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T03:10:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T03:10:08","slug":"watch-wild-koala-rides-the-city-bus-in-brisbane-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/190503\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Wild koala rides the city bus in Brisbane, Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dec. 17 (UPI) — A bus driver in Brisbane, Australia, spotted a koala darting through traffic on a busy road and brought the animal aboard the vehicle to wait for rescuers.<\/p>\n

Koala Rescue Brisbane South said on social media<\/a> that the Brisbane CityGlider bus driver spotted the koala on Wiles Street at Camp Hill and got out to rescue the animal.\n<\/p>\n

The koala attempted to climb a metal light pole on a median and the driver, fearing the marsupial would fall, covered its head with a jacket and brought it onto the bus.<\/p>\n

“We don’t recommend handling koalas unless you’re trained. They have incredibly dangerous claws, can bite — and gripping them around their ribs can cause serious damage,” the rescue’s post said.<\/p>\n

“If you find an injured koala, and it’s safe to contain it without touching it until help arrives, please do so; anywhere dark is good for wildlife. Usually we recommend a laundry basket covered with a towel, but if needs be, a bus will do!”<\/p>\n

Video and photos shared by the rescue show the koala, dubbed Peri by rescuers, holding onto a pole inside the bus while waiting for wildlife experts to arrive.\n<\/p>\n

Rescuers took Peri to an RSPCA wildlife hospital, where he was given a clean bill of health.<\/p>\n

Peri was relocated to the Seven Hills Bushland Reserve and returned to the wild.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dec. 17 (UPI) — A bus driver in Brisbane, Australia, spotted a koala darting through traffic on a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":190504,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[2594,7764,85,46,7762,141,7763,386],"class_list":{"0":"post-190503","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-animals","9":"tag-funny","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-israel","12":"tag-odd","13":"tag-science","14":"tag-weird","15":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}