Mother koala helps joey stranded atop wire fence

HAHNDORF, Australia, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- A koala joey that stranded itself at the top of a chain-link fence called out for help and received some assistance from its patient mother.

A video posted to Facebook by The Farm Barn shows the baby koala climbing to the top of the fence in Hahndorf and squealing for assistance when it found itself unable or unwilling to climb down the other side.

The joey's mother climbs down from a nearby tree to help the baby.

The mother climbs partway up the fence, allowing the joey to climb onto her back, before walking away from the scene.