A cute animal story from Australia.
A few weeks ago, Steve Lamplough found two creatures from opposite corners of the animal kingdom bonding in his backyard.
While at home in Victoria, Steve heard his dogs barking and a commotion outside. When he went to investigate, he found an epic surprise on the back of his Golden Retriever, Denni.
A baby koala was hanging on for a cross-creature piggyback.
“It was quite amazing to see,”. “Especially when [Denni] was running and the baby koala was bobbing up and down like a jockey.”
He posted three pictures of the unexpected animal encounter. In one of them, Denni the Retriever seems to be smiling fully, perhaps even proud, as the joey hangs on like someone might cling to the back of a motorcycle driver.
Unfortunately, the animal adventure couldn’t last forever. The joey needed to be returned to its mother, so he carefully removed it from his dog and placed it in a nearby tree where its mom could find it later.
The plan worked perfectly. The koala momma eventually returned for her offspring, without any issues.
In fact, the only lasting effect seems to be found on the internet, where Steve’s Facebook post was warming hearts and spreading joy across social media.
“Well this is officially the cutest thing I’ve seen on the internet,” a commenter named Pat Rogers wrote.
“You just broke the internet!!” Jane Ellem wrote with four heart-filled emojis as punctuation.