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Those "rare tree doggos" can Categoriessure be pesky.

Australian police were called to a home in Sydney on Saturday night after a woman spotted a koala lurking in her home's laundry.

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She couldn't get in touch with wildlife rescue services, so decided to call police -- who fortunately had an officer on hand who could handle wildlife.

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New South Wales Police posted about the incident on Facebook, which went viral, likely thanks to how it referred to the koala.

"Sutherland Police recently responded to reports of a rare tree doggo inside a local home. Luckily for the resident, one of the officers was a koalified WIRES volunteer who was able to remove the intruder," the post read.

Rare tree doggos. Welcome to your new favourite descriptor for koalas.

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