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* Koala in my Arms *

    Sorry, I have to post yet another picture of a Koala. Especially because
I feel so fortunate for this to have happened to me.
    While I was with a tour group at a wildlife park in Australia this
little Koala right here walked right over to me and climbed up my leg and
into my arms.
    I didn't know quite what to say since the park ranger there had told us
all not to handle the Koalas and that it was against the law. Everybody
turned around and was astonished and surprised as the ranger quickly came
over. I told them that it attacked me. I asked them,  "What was I suppose to
do, kick it and tell it to go away?"
    The park ranger pulled it off of me and put it back into a nearby tree.
But I did manage to get a few pictures first.