Baby Kangaroo Mistakes Police Officer For Parent, Gets In His ‘Pouch’

By Sughra Hafeez in Nature On 14th March 2016
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#1 Police in Western Australia have released a video on their Facebook page showing an orphaned baby kangaroo called Cuejo.

#2 Constable Scott Mason, an officer at Cue police station,

...is seen giving a talk when the four-month-old joey jumps into his shirt, wrapping himself up like a pouch.

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#3 Later in the clip he’s seen hopping along through the station behind the officer.

#4 According to The Telegraph, Cuejo was rescued after its mother was killed by a truck.

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#5 Mason has adopted the little ‘roo, but Cuejo’s not the only child in his life

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#6 He told media outlets his wife had recently given birth to their first child.

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#7 Sounds like he’s got a busy few months ahead of him…

I double dare you to watch this video and not say ‘awwww' at the end.