Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe June 11 (UPI) -- A runner in an Australian race stopped on a wooded path to give some water to a thirsty koala that approached her for a drink. A video recorded during Sunday's Cleland 50 race in South Australia shows a participant bending over to allow the koala to drink from her water bottle. Advertisement "Don't bite me," the woman requests. The koala drinks for a few seconds and allows the runner to pet its back before heading back to the trees. Read More Koala goes fishing with unattended pole Koala flees wildfire into residential neighborhood Koala rescued from top of power pole in Australia