Astonishing Video Captures a Baby Wombat Waving Its Paw for Help From Dead Mom’s Pouch

Astonishing Video Captures a Baby Wombat Waving Its Paw for Help From Dead Mom’s Pouch
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Daksha Devnani
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An incredible video has captured a startling moment when a trapped baby wombat is seen waving at animal rescuers from the depths of its dead mother’s pouch after she was hit and killed by a car.

On a cold morning in May, a group of walkers spotted a dead wombat on the roadside near Bundanoon, New South Wales, Australia, and alerted wildlife rescuers.

A dead mother wombat. (Caters News)
A dead mother wombat. Caters News
Loma, a local wildlife rescuer, pulled the deceased mother to the other side of the road and reached out to John Creighton, 59, from Wombat Care suspecting the wombat was carrying a joey in her pouch, according to the Daily Mail.

As Creighton and Loma turned the late mother’s body around, they were “shocked” and “moved” to find a rare sight of a baby sticking out its arm and tiny pink paw, slowly waving from the mother’s pouch as if alerting rescuers that it was alive and needed their help to keep it safe.

“We were both touched by this silent plea for help, and thankfully, I pulled out my camera to film and photograph it,” Creighton said.

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Recalling the astonishing rescue, Creighton said the wombat had been lying in the freezing cold on the roadside for nearly six hours. However, the baby tried to remain warm inside the mother’s pouch until rescuers would find it.

In the resulting unusual footage, Loma is heard exclaiming in amazement, “That’s so cool, she’s waving at us, going ‘I’m here.’”

The baby wombat trapped in the mother's pouch. (Caters News)
The baby wombat trapped in the mother's pouch. Caters News