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Koala in the car (Original Post)
Lotusflower70
Mar 2019
OP
I've read that they can be kind of bitey, so trying to pick it up might not be a good idea, either.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Mar 2019
#6
Yes - they have saltwater crocodiles, box jellyfish, sea snakes, funnel web spiders,
The Velveteen Ocelot
Mar 2019
#8
2naSalit
(87,209 posts)1. Why not just turn it off for a minute?
TomSlick
(11,188 posts)2. Or honk the horn?
2naSalit
(87,209 posts)3. That doesn't always work.
Removing the incentive to stay in the car would do it.
TomSlick
(11,188 posts)5. Yeah, that makes sense.
It occurs to me that scaring a Kola might leave evidence behind - literally scaring to poop out of it.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(116,188 posts)6. I've read that they can be kind of bitey, so trying to pick it up might not be a good idea, either.
TomSlick
(11,188 posts)7. I heard somewhere that every animal in Australia would kill you if it could.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(116,188 posts)8. Yes - they have saltwater crocodiles, box jellyfish, sea snakes, funnel web spiders,
at least a dozen very venomous species of terrestrial snakes, and even the kangaroos can kill you.
2naSalit
(87,209 posts)9. That was what I was thinking too.
The last thing you should try to do with a wild animal is try to pick it up. You could lose your face for starters.
csziggy
(34,141 posts)4. Yeah - turn off the car and let it heat up for a few minutes
With the door open the kaolas will get out as soon as it gets nice and hot inside.