Watch: Her Baby On Her Back, Cautious Mommy Koala Pauses Before Crossing A Road In Australia

There's nothing a mother won't do for her child. In an adorable moment, a mother koala was seen carrying her baby on her back while stopping at a crossing and cautiously looking around to make her way down a street.

The heartwarming footage shared online showed the responsible koala carrying her little one through the streets in a town in Victoria near the South Australian border.

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The koala was slowly making her way down the street with her baby on her back looking around curiously. As she continued down the footpath, she stopped at the edge and sat down while waiting to cross the road.

After expertly crossing the road, she turned left and climbed a tree. Many viewers suggested the koala was lost but also commended her for her street-smart behaviour.

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It soon led to people reacting to the moment. "Definitely lost and confused, "one wrote. Another person commented, "An example of habitat loss through human encroachment."

'Apparently there have been lots of trees cut down in the area lately, one of the locals thinks that it¡¯s moved a lot of koalas on and this kind of occurrence is unusual otherwise,' yet another comment read.

'They need the trees outside the urban areas so they don¡¯t wander in to them like this,' another wrote.

In November, the Australian government said it is gearing for the up for the great Koala count, using drones, droppings and dogs. Estimates of koala populations have historically varied wildly.

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In 2016, scientists estimated there were more than 300,000 koalas in Australia. In mid-2019, the Australian Koala Foundation estimated that fewer than 80,000 remained in the country and said the number could be as low as 43,000.

Concern and confusion over the koalas¡¯ numbers intensified during Australia¡¯s devastating bushfires last year, leading to news articles that the animals were ¡°functionally extinct.¡± But scientists challenged the accuracy of that narrative.

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