"Only in Australia": Couple finds koala asleep in their bed
A couple from Adelaide have got the shock of their lives when they returned home to find a koala asleep in their bed.
Francielle Dias Rufino told 9News that when her and her husband Brunno they found the marsupial catching up on sleep in their bed, just metres away from where their dog was sleeping too.
Francielle, who moved to Australia from Brazil with her husband two-and-a-half years ago, said she screamed out to her husband in Portuguese when she found the furry intruder.
"I was so nervous that I forgot my English," she said.
She said their dachshund cross beagle was asleep in his dog bed, metres from the sleeping koala, adding, "He made a new friend!"
Francielle said she believed the koala entered the house via the doggy door, as "The doors and the windows were locked. Only in Australia!"
In a video taken by Rufino, the koala glanced at the couple before climbing up to a bedside table and returning to the comfy bed when they tried to move the animal outside.
When they tried calling animal rescue hotlines only to be found they weren't open at the late hour, Brunno tried to usher the koala outside with a blanket, prompting the sleepy animal to try and bite him.
"Or maybe he wasn't happy because we woke him up," Rufino laughed.
She said she was a lover of the animals and the visit was "a very nice surprise".
"He was so cute. I love koalas," she said. "He can come back anytime he likes."
Image credits: Nine