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'Lucky' Koala Survives Crash, Wild Ride

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CANBERRA, Australia (July 15) - A koala that cheated death after being hit by a car at 60 mph and dragged with his head jammed through the vehicle grill for 7 miles is being dubbed Australia's luckiest marsupial.
The 8-year-old male koala, named "Ely 'Lucky' Grills" by rescuers, was struck by an unwitting motorist north of Brisbane and found only when the car stopped after being flagged down by another vehicle.
"To have him survive and virtually unscathed is quite miraculous," Australian Wildlife Hospital spokewoman Carolyn Beaton told Reuters Tuesday.
"Lucky" hung on during his ordeal with one arm and his trapped head, and was freed with household scissors used like a fireman's "jaws-of-life" to cut around the car's mesh grill with the horrified owner's permission, Beaton said.
"While Lucky was in shock, he quickly recovered and was nearly better after a couple of hours rest and a feed," she said.
Lucky will stay at the hospital, set up by the late television wildlife crusader Steve "Crocodile Hunter" Irwin, for 45 days to recover from his experience and receive treatment for a chlamydial infection.
Copyright 2008, Reuters
2008-07-15 20:04:37
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Ronsplan

08:41 PMJul 30 2008

What really happened is the Koala fell from a tree and was struck by the radio whip antennae on a van. The Koala was then treated for Van aerial disease.

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Giraudgene

11:01 AMJul 24 2008

This S. T. D. is ravaging the Koala population and may well be the harbanger of extinction for the marsupial we all know and like.

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Giraudgene

10:58 AMJul 24 2008

"and receive treatment for a chlamydial infection. "Cheeky little bugger, had to get run over to get treatment for an S. T. D.!!!!!!!!

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Mattjamesclarke

03:09 PMJul 21 2008

SVancotts.......................................................Stop trying to correct people you idiot. BBBuick wasn't calling them bears, he was merely quoting a comedian's stand-up routine in which Mitch Hedberg joked about Koalas.

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JMParmly

10:39 PMJul 20 2008

Chylamidia infection? How did it get that??? I thought that was just a human issue, lol.

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Create4christ64

04:11 PMJul 19 2008

I love koalas!! I collect them in every form possible, and my dream is to go see them in Australia.I am SO glad that "Lucky" is okay!

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fourteenleaf

02:20 PMJul 19 2008

A Chylamidia infection? What does that have to do with the Koala being hit by a car?

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Chrgrl197

12:35 PMJul 19 2008

Kola bears are soo cute Lucky is lucky that he survived

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SVancotts

09:50 AMJul 19 2008

Well. Buick...they are NOT BEARS! They are marsupials. Please stop calling them bears.

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BBBuick

02:15 PMJul 18 2008

My apartment is infested with koala bears. It's the cutest infestation ever. Way better than cockroaches. When I turn on the light, a bunch of koala bears scatter, but I don't want them too. I'm like, "Hey... Hold on fellows... Let me hold one of you, and feed you a leaf." Koala bears are so cute, why do they have to be so far away from me. We need to ship a few over, so I can hold one, and pat it on its head. Mitch Hedberg----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------

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