Five tiny fox cubs have been reunited with their mum after falling out of the engine of a car sent for service.
Mechanics were stunned when the helpless newborns plunged out of the electric motor.
Video showed the tiny creatures, which were virtually blind, wriggling on the floor.
Thankfully, despite dropping six-feet, they were unharmed.
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They were taken to a vet for a checkover then to specialist rescuers who managed to get them back to their mum in a night time operation.
It happened in Bromley, Kent, on Monday (2 Mar), as reported by What’s The Jam.
On Tuesday (3 Mar), a spokesperson for the Fox Project charity said: “This is the unexpected scene a garage faced yesterday while removing the base from an electric car’s engine compartment.
“Five fox cub siblings, born in the compartment and having fallen about six-feet, were assessed by our vet.
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“Found to be healthy and unharmed by the fall, would a reunion with their mother be possible?
“We had everything crossed.”
Yesterday (Mar 4), they added: “An update on the five fox cubs that fell from a car engine compartment while the vehicle was at the garage for repairs.
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“And the news is wonderful.
“After the cubs’ vet assessment gave them the all-clear health-wise, we awaited the car owner’s details from the garage.
“Once we had contact, we spoke with a very surprised yet incredibly caring owner, who immediately agreed to allowing our attempt to reunite the cubs with their mother on his driveway – the spot where the car had been stationary for a week.
“Given the daytime footfall along the road, we chose nightfall for the reunion and prepared for a long wait into the early hours of the morning.
“To our delight, within minutes of placing the cubs in a heated box on the drive, the mother vixen appeared.
“Even though the situation must have been terrifying, she had obviously stayed close all day, desperate to see her cubs again.
“What a mother.
“An amazingly quick 10 minutes later, all five cubs had been moved from the box to a no doubt safer location.
“Wishing the beautiful little family many happy moments ahead.”
Viewers loved the happy ending.
One said: “Fantastic outcome to an amazing story.
“So glad that the garage acted so promptly to solve the problem by contacting a vets, and that everything fell into place to ensure that the cubs made it safely back to mum.
“A wonderfully uplifting story that their mum came back for them and collected them so promptly.”
Another said: “Their poor mother must have been out of her mind with distress when the car drove off.
“So glad she got her babies back safely.
“Thank goodness for all the kind and caring people involved in each step of the process.”
While a third person said: “Back where they belong, well done to everyone for reuniting this mum with her babies.”
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