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Kangaroo in Kangoo

When a patrolman from the AA motoring organisation in the UK turned up to assist the driver of a broken down vehicle, he had something of a surprise. Sitting in the passenger seat of the Renault Kangoo, was a baby kangaroo. The vehicle belonged to an official from a local zoo, who told the patrolman that the marsupial was tame and not likely to cause any trouble. When the vehicle broke down it was carrying several animals and the zoo official called colleagues to pick up some of the more nervous passengers
August 23, 2016 Read time: 1 min
When a patrolman from the AA motoring organisation in the UK turned up to assist the driver of a broken down vehicle, he had something of a surprise. Sitting in the passenger seat of the Renault Kangoo, was a baby kangaroo. The vehicle belonged to an official from a local zoo, who told the patrolman that the marsupial was tame and not likely to cause any trouble. When the vehicle broke down it was carrying several animals and the zoo official called colleagues to pick up some of the more nervous passengers prior to the patrolman’s arrival on scene.

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