An unsuspecting reporter was duped into wearing goggles and protective body gear to hold a koala in a hysterical prank in Australia.
Debi Howard, ITV's Asia correspondent, was encouraged to don upper-body padding at a wildlife park before workers handed her what they called a "drop bear".
They claimed the animal, which was in fact just a regular koala, was a distant relative of the iconic Australian marsupial.
Upping the ante in their bid to shake Ms Howard, they told her the animal was "really vicious" and had longer claws, as well as venomous fangs.
She was told the animal is a subspecies of the koala, named a drop bear, because it plummets from trees to attack people passing by.
Despite this, Ms Howard continued with holding the bear, before begging for it to be taken away from her.
It is then, after seeing two people carry it away with no protective gear whatsoever, she catches on to the joke.
Speaking to 9 News' Today show, she said: "There were several points, looking back, obviously, where I thought 'that's maybe not quite right.'
"But these guys were like 'you should really try this, this is one thing we only do for our special visitors.'"
Sean Mulcahy, who shot the video, shared the clip on Facebook and encouraged people to donate to a GoFundMe in aid of the Kangaroo Islands koalas.
Click here to see his full post of the video.
