Long way from home: The Australian wallaby was found hopping around CornwallCornwall is the last place you’d expect to find a wallaby hopping around but that’s exactly what one motorist came face-to-face with on a country lane.
The Australian creature was spotted near 59-year-old Peter Glaser’s house.
And the wallaby – normally found in the outback Down Under – was jumping around a lane in St Breward, Cornwall.
It is thought to be one of a family of three wallabies living wild in the area and is apparently a male which escaped from a farm three years ago.
The kangaroo-like marsupial was enjoying his freedom after becoming wild in the area following his escapePeter said: 'I couldn't believe it - a wallaby is the last animal you expect to see bounding around the fields down here.
'I was nearly home when I saw it right in front of me. I got quite close - he's not too shy that's for sure. I could look right into its eyes.'
After his escape from the farm, the kangaroo-like marsupial managed to find another escaped female who was later caught on camera with a baby in her pouch.
This was the female wallaby found last year with an infant in her pouch bouncing through the garden of Brian Nash in St Breward, CornwallOn the Isle of Mann there is a breeding colony of around 100 wallabies which began when a breeding a pair escaped from a wildlife park.
A wallaby is a general name for about 30 species of macropod which are smaller than kangaroos and are found across Australia.
source: dailymail
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