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tblue37

(65,408 posts) Tue Jul 12, 2022, 11:08 AM Jul 2022

Koala insists on being held:

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Koala insists on being held: (Original Post) tblue37 Jul 2022 OP

I got to hug a baby koala in Australia in 1992 kimbutgar Jul 2022 #1

What a wonderful memory! nt Nittersing Jul 2022 #3

My koala hug was in 2001. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2022 #2

kimbutgar

(21,163 posts)

1. I got to hug a baby koala in Australia in 1992

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Tue Jul 12, 2022, 11:12 AM

Jul 2022

The keeper tried to remove it and the koala kept holding on. The keeper asked me if I was pregnant which I was only about 2 months and the keeper said it’s smelled my hormones. Finally the koala was lured by a piece of food.

Nittersing

(6,362 posts)

3. What a wonderful memory! nt

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Tue Jul 12, 2022, 11:34 AM

Jul 2022

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,862 posts)

2. My koala hug was in 2001.

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Tue Jul 12, 2022, 11:33 AM

Jul 2022

They are remarkably cuddly.

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