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'There's a koala in my bed!'

Koala sat next to bed @frandiasrufino @rufinobrunno/Instagram

Imagine coming home to a Koala in your bedroom

Koalas can often be found lounging around in the branches of eucalyptus trees.

But one couple in Australia had a shock when they find one in a particularly unusual place - their bedroom!

Fran Dias Rufino and her husband Brunno came home to find the koala sat on the floor next to their bed.

It then climbed onto the bedside table, before hoping into the bed!

And the couple captured it all on camera.

Koala climbing up bedside table @frandiasrufino @rufinobrunno/Instagram

The Koala climbed onto the bedside table, before hoping into the bed!

Fran who moved from Brazil to Australia said she was lost for words after finding the koala in her bedroom.

“I was so nervous that I forgot my English,” she wrote in her Instagram post.

The koala left the bedroom after Brunno used a blanket to guide it outside and shoo it away where it ran up a tree and escaped.

Speaking to ABC Australia, wildlife recovery group Koala Rescue warned people not to pick up koalas if they appeared in their homes.

Instead they should call an expert straight away.

Koalas: A bear, or not a bear?

Koala asleep in a tree Getty Images

Koalas LOVE sleep and they sleep for up to 22 hours a day

  • Koalas mainly eat eucalyptus leaves.

  • Koalas LOVE to sleep! They can sleep for up to 22 hours a day.

  • Koalas rarely drink water and instead get their water intake from eating fresh eucalyptus leaves.

  • The word koala actually means "no drink" in one of the Australian Aboriginal languages, Dharug.

  • People often call the koala bears but they are not actually a bear. Like a kangaroo Koala's are marsupials - which means they have a pouch.

  • When koalas are born they are only two centimetres long - that's the same size as a jellybean.

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