'Is this seat taken?' Watch a koala take a surprise canoe ride

An Australian canoe club was having an otherwise uneventful paddle when they picked up a super-cute passenger: a koala.  The koala was checking them out from the bank when he made the surprising decision to swim toward their canoes, scratching at the side until the group pulled him into one of their boats. "This is the most amazing experience," one member of the club says on their video clip.  We hope it was just as cool for the koala, that he races back to his tree, shakes the water out of his pouch and says "Guys, you'll never guess what I did today…"

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