Wednesday, 13 January 2016

The heart-wrenching moment a mother kangaroo reaches for her joey one last time - before dying in the arms of her male companion (Photos)


Heartbreaking: A male kangaroo cradles the head of a lifeless mother as she reaches out for her joey on a property in River Heads, a coastal town in Queensland 

This is the heart-wrenching moment a grieving male kangaroo cradles the head of his lifeless female companion as she reaches for her joey one last time underneath the shade of a mango tree.

Evan Switzer noticed the touching marsupial interaction while going for a walk on bushland property in River Heads, a coastal town close to Fraser Island in Queensland, on Monday morning.
'I saw the male pick up the female, he looked like he was just trying to get her up and see what was wrong with her,' he told Daily Mail Australia.
'He would lift her up and she wouldn't stand she'd just fall to the ground, he'd nudge her, stand besides her ... it was a pretty special thing, he was just mourning the loss of his mate.


 'He would lift her up and she wouldn't stand she'd just fall to the ground': Evan Switzer captured the heartbreaking moment while going for his regular morning walk


Mr Switzer said in ten years of walking twice a day on the property - which is filled with kangaroos - he had never seen anything like it


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