Sinking Kangaroo Saved By Ozzy Surfer

On Australia’s Gold Coast a strange but valiant life saving event took place where a passer by pulled a drowning kangaroo from the water.

Local surfer and Exteme sports athlete Neil McCallum spotted an object out to sea that he had never seen before. It kept disappearing under the surface and moving very erratically. As he shielded his eyes to get a better look he saw that it was in fact an infant kangaroo that had bizarrely found its way quite a distance out to sea. Neil thought quickly and grabbing one of larger Surfboards he headed out to see if he could help the poor creature.

When he arrived at the spot where the kangaroo was he saw that it was fatigued. The waves kept dumping it under the water and time and again, and it had been out their for a while by all accounts. Neil attempted to lift the little roo onto his board but thinking that Neil meant it harm, it jumped off again into the water. A number of people in kayaks were also in the area but not close enough to help. Neil decided to take another approach and got the kangaroo under one arm and paddled back into shore with the other. Thankfully both arrived back at the beach in one piece, albeit a little shaken up.

Why the little kangaroo decided to head out to sea has yet to be explained by animal experts, however they have given him the name Ian, as a humorous tribute to swimming gold medalist Ian Thorpe. “Kangaroos really can’t swim very well” says Bret Harding of the Queensland Nature Reserve. They very rarely even enter water above their knees he states, but maybe this one had never been taught that by its parents.

Ian has been feeding and exercising a nearby sanctuary for animals and is doing well. He is due be let out shortly when everyone is happy and the release site is going to be around 40 miles inland. Neil refuses to take any praise for his actions, saying that anyone would have done the same if they had seen a helpless creature in trouble.

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