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Confused-but-cuddly koala tries to climb park visitors

By Ben Hooper
A confused koala tries to climb a woman's leg at an Australian national park. Storyful video screenshot
A confused koala tries to climb a woman's leg at an Australian national park. Storyful video screenshot

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CAPE OTWAY NATIONAL PARK, Australia, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- An Australian mother visiting a park with her family captured video of a cute-but-confused koala apparently mistaking the people for trees.

Kathy Sundstorm captured video at Cape Otway National Park this month showing the friendly koala allowing her children to pet it.

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One of the children jokes that the animal is like "a dog."

The koala eventually turns its attention to Sundstorm and repeatedly attempts to climb her leg.

"Being mistaken by a koala for a tree at Cape Otway. It was crossing the road and we and several others stopped to let it cross and then it wanted to climb us," Sundstrom wrote in a Facebook post.

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