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Vin Scully and other Dodgers take in the Australian wildlife

Updated Mar. 5, 2020 1:00 a.m. ET

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Los Angeles Dodgers broadcasting legend Vin Scully was handed a koala when he landed in Sydney, Australia.

There is a picture, so need we say more?

Shut down the Internet: pic.twitter.com/z2vlYQ9ko5
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) March 19, 2014

The team made the trip Down Under to play a two-game, season-opening series this weekend against the Arizona Diamondbacks in Sydney. The games will be played at 1 a.m. and 7 a.m. PT on Saturday at Sydney Cricket Ground, established in 1848.

Take a 360° tour of the #Dodgers Clubhouse in the Sydney Cricket Grounds: https://t.co/ELpyoTJfB5
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) March 18, 2014

Scully's brush with the cute koala is not the first encounter the team has had with Australian wildlife. While we're at it, here's Dodgers pitcher J.P. Howell with a koala, too.

At the @tarongazoo making friends w/ Koala bears! @Dodgers @MLB can we take one home?!! ? pic.twitter.com/7oEVmvzcOX
— JP&Heather Howell (@TheHowells56) March 19, 2014

And ace Clayton Kershaw got in on the act, hanging out with kangaroo.

The picture you've all been waiting for -- the Kershaws and a kangaroo. Happy birthday, @ClaytonKersh22: pic.twitter.com/h9K9WbJyW9
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) March 18, 2014