This little lost koala made everyone’s day this weekend
Elize Strydom got quite a surprise this weekend. The Sydney resident is no stranger to adorable wildlife, but happened to come face to face with a pretty memorable visitor while visiting her Mom. Strydom was watching her Maltese Shitzu, when she realized that the pup — named Gemma — was quite a good watchdog as well.
Peeping over the fence was a fuzzy little intruder that probably just wanted to say hello, but didn’t know of a better way. When Gemma started barking, Strydom feared the worst (I mean, wouldn’t you?) Lucky for us, she decided to document her whole adventure on her Twitter account.
It's 3am and the dog is barking like mad. I pluck up the courage to investigate...and find this little mate! pic.twitter.com/NyFRjSpJny
— Elize Strydom (@elizestrydom) October 22, 2016
And of course, she had the same reaction we would, after knowing she wasn’t in danger.
@_taylorchloe I wanted to hug him
— Elize Strydom (@elizestrydom) October 22, 2016
Since the cute encounter, Strydom noticed a bit of a boost in her Tweets. Currently, the koala tweet — which is pinned to the top of her account — has 2.7k likes.
“My tweets don’t usually get much traction,” she said in an interview with Buzzfeed. “But I’m glad it’s putting a smile on peoples’ faces and brightening their day.”
Of course, Strydom made sure that the little lost koala wasn’t hurt.
“I stayed with it for about 10 [minutes], getting closer and closer,” she said. “I wanted to see if it was hurt or distressed but it was so chill. It just looked at me and slowly blinked, totally unfazed.”
And just like that, Strydom had the weekend of your dreams.
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