Incredible moment woman saves joey from dead mum's pouch

The incredible moment a woman saved a tiny joey from its dead mother’s pouch has gone viral on social media.

Lauren Wagner was driving home with her friend Sarah Raggamuffin in McLaren Vale in Adelaide on Sunday afternoon when she spotted the dead animal on the side of the road.

Ms Wagner said she noticed something strange as they drove closer and thought she saw the animal’s pouch moving.

“It was quite obviously kicking in the tummy and I got out and had a look and saw two little feet sticking out of its pouch,” she told the Adelaide Advertiser.

Sure enough, on closer inspection she found a tiny joey inside the pouch.

As Ms Raggamuffin filmed the incredible rescue, Ms Wagner dragged the carcass off the road and reached in to grab the joey.

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She immediately wrapped it up in a towel.

“It was hard to get it out — I got both my hands in there and put it around the whole joey,” she said.

Ms Wagner posted the video to Facebook and it has since gone viral with more than 78,000 views.

The pair took the joey, who has since been named Jannick, to a wildlife rescue expert and he is being hand-reared by carers.