Melbourne-A kangaroo saved a farmer's life by alerting his family that he was lying unconscious in a field, ambulance workers said recently. The kangaroo began banging in the door of the family home in morwell, eastern victorai, during weekend storms in the area, Rural ambulance victoria 5 paramedic eddie wright told a melbourne radio station. Leonard richards, 52, had been checking his property for stom damage when he was hit on the head by a falling branch on sunday morning, about 200 metres from the house. He was knocked unconscious and could have died had he not been found so quickly. Mr wright said. "The kangaroo alerted them to where he was and went and sat down next to him and that's how they found him." He said. "The farmer's wife followed the kangaroo because he was acting out of character." The kangaroo was adopted by the family about 10 yeras ago.-AFP