A kangaroo gave three Durango police officers a late-night workout after wandering away from home and taking an evening hop through the southern Colorado city’s streets, according to a video shared by the Durango Police Department on Wednesday.
The small red kangaroo easily hopped away from the police officers who tried to beckon it with whistles and tongue clicks, according to the video timestamped just after 11 p.m. on Sept. 18.
One officer tried to suppress giggles as the marsupial bounced down the street. “How do I get it?” the officer can be heard asking, while a second beckoned the kangaroo to “Come here, buddy!”
The kangaroo was safely reunited with its owner, police said in a post on Facebook.
“Who knew kangaroo wrangling was part of the job?” Durango police wrote.
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