Kangaroo Wins Award For Saving Farmer

[matcom]

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CANBERRA (Reuters) - A kangaroo named Lulu is to receive a national bravery award after raising the alarm to save an Australian farmer knocked unconscious by a fallen tree branch. Hobby farmer Leonard Richards was checking for storm damage on his property at Tanjil South, 93 miles east of Melbourne, last September when he was hit by a falling branch.

In a story reminiscent of the long-running Australian children's television series Skippy, in which a kangaroo rescued people in distress in the Australian bush, Lulu began barking until Richards' wife came to investigate, said the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA).

She found her husband lying unconscious under a tree about 650 feet from the house, guarded by the kangaroo. Richards was taken to hospital to be treated for minor head injuries.

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[rooboy]

1. What are you people sniggering at???? n/t

[the Kelly Gang]

2. I cant understand why Lulu hasn't got an agent yet .

[underpants]

3. Can we get a a watch-kangaroo for W?

Football season IS coming up pretty soon ya know.

[Th1onein]

4. I have two marsupials in my home. They are amazingly intelligent.

They are called "sugar gliders." They are kin to the kangeroo and the possum. They're funny little guys, with five fingered hands, and an opposable thumb. They use their hands just like we do, and they are extremely friendly to humans.