Incredible way a quick-thinking Aussie saved a helpless platypus she found in a lifeless lump on the roadside
- Animal lover did CPR on platypus after seeing it lying on the ground after storm
- The lifeless mammal washed up in the Noosa Hinterland after storms
- Commentators were overjoyed on social media to hear its life was saved
A driver has saved a platypus’ life by performing CPR on the lifeless creature after finding it unconscious on the side of the road.
Sunshine Coast local Penelope went for a drive in the Noosa Hinterland on Tuesday when she spotted what she thought was a dead baby duck.
The animal lover’s instincts kicked in as she rushed to perform CPR on the lifeless lump to try and save his life.
The platypus ‘coughed and spluttered’ to life after the passerby salvaged the beloved creature
Social media users cheered and thanked the kind animal lover after the platypus happily swam off (pictured)
‘I just panicked and I didn’t know what to do so … I started doing those two finger compressions like we’re taught to do on babies that aren’t breathing,’ Penelope told the ABC.
‘It coughed and spluttered and started breathing again, which was just amazing.
‘It looked at me and blinked its little eyes and very slowly walked back towards the water and eventually swam off.’
Social media lit up with comments commending her kind actions, and thanking her for the good news story.
One animal lover said it was the ‘best news today’.
Another added: ‘That would be the greatest moment of my life, to help an animal near extinction. All people care about today are dogs and cats, God bless you’.
The platypus was nearly a victim of the wild weather which saw areas of the Sunshine Coast (pictured) suffer intense flooding
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