If you think Christmas traffic is bad, watch two koalas hold up traffic while they wrestle in the middle of a road in Stirling, South Australia.

Footage and Image: Marguerite Smith via Facebook

Chris Kenny speaks with koala expert Dr Deb Kelly to find out what’s really going in.

“Males will certainly fight like that to get mating rights to a female.

“They don’t treat women very well actually. That is how a koala will treat a female when he’s trying to mate with her.

“People think that they’re stuff toys… but they can be really quit vicious animals.”

Listen to the full interview below