Friday, September 18, 2009

Kangeroo wreaks havoc in office

An Australian psychologist had to be rescued from her office after a "frantic" kangaroo crashed through the window and leapt around the room, toppling furniture.

Suzanne Habib jumped screaming atop her desk in the Queensland town of Atherton as the 1.5-metre (five-foot) marsupial burst through the window behind her with a "big bang", said colleague Tony Baddock.

"Poor old Suzanne just screamed and went straight up in the air," Baddock said. "The 'roo was bounding around all over the place, it really was quite frantic."



Baddock said he helped his distressed colleague from her office over a toppled bookshelf. After smashing around the room for about six minutes, the kangaroo hopped into the main part of the building.

"I was then able to block its pathway and encourage it to head out the front door," he said, adding that it almost bowled over a bystander as it bounded off.

He said it was puzzling to find a kangaroo in the town, which is some distance from its native bushland. Kangaroos are shy and retiring by nature, and rarely venture into human dwellings.

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