Kangaroo bounces into Melbourne cafe for breakfast
How about a side of kangaroo with that big breakfast?
Only in Australia can you have your breakfast with a kangaroo actually at your table.
Staff and patrons at a Melbourne cafe had an unusual guest join them for breakfast on Tuesday morning.
A kangaroo hopped though the Epping Plaza shopping centre and into Goldies Coffee House, perhaps wanting some breakfast.
Despite their cute appearance, kangaroos can become aggressive, so customers and staff quickly vacated the premises and called for help.
Helping Hands Animal Rescue volunteer Heidi Still received the call and promptly made her way to the cafe, where she was met by two police officers.
Constables Hatzimanolis and Stephenson kept shoppers away from kangaroo until it was caught with the aid of blanket.
Helping Hands posted on their Facebook page details of the kangaroo's capture.
"The little male roo who has been named Goldie, was a great talker (head shaking) which is always a good thing when you are trying to blanket them!"
Goldie suffered a few minor injuries, including a split lip and toenail wear, from when he first entered the cafe and crashed into windows.
He was later released "back to his family" in a safe area away from Epping town centre.
Video credit: Facebook / Helping Hands Animal Rescue - Victoria
First appeared on Stuff.co.nz.
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