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Danielle Clode, Associate Professor (adjunct) in Creative Writing, Flinders University

Friday essay: the koala – when it's smart to be slow

Photo: University of Queensland/AAP

The koala was clinging to an old tree stag while stranded in the Murray River, on the border between New South Wales and Victoria. A team of students from La Trobe University noticed its predicament as they were paddling by in canoes.

“It almost looked as though he was sussing out if he could jump into the canoe,” one of the students reported later.

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