News of the Weird:

SYDNEY, Australia (CNN) -- Lulu, a pet kangaroo that helped save the life of an Australian farmer last year, is to be honored with one of the RSPCA's highest awards for animal bravery, the National Animal Valor Award.

The 52-year-old farmer, Len Richards, was knocked unconscious by a falling tree branch on his farm in the Gippsland region of Victoria state, during a storm last September.

Lulu came to his rescue by going to the family home and making a barking noise to attract the attention of Richards' wife Lynn.

Richards went looking for her husband with a nephew and found him lying unconscious in a field.

Lulu the roo hops to bravery award