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hatrack

(59,585 posts) Wed Nov 20, 2019, 07:08 AM Nov 2019

Now's Your Chance To See A Koala Stumbling Through Flames Before Rescuers Arrive

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Now's Your Chance To See A Koala Stumbling Through Flames Before Rescuers Arrive (Original Post) hatrack Nov 2019 OP

We all need to watch. Thank you. IndyOp Nov 2019 #1

Was the water a bad idea? NickB79 Nov 2019 #3

I don't know. It was heart-breaking that that was IndyOp Nov 2019 #4

The koala was crying and screaming because of the fire... IndyOp Nov 2019 #5

More... lamp_shade Nov 2019 #2

The koala was crying and screaming because of the fire... IndyOp Nov 2019 #6

Tweet replies follow his rescue: Rhiannon12866 Nov 2019 #7

IndyOp

(15,524 posts)

1. We all need to watch. Thank you.

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Wed Nov 20, 2019, 07:53 AM

Nov 2019

On edit: Jesus mother fuck us all. Pouring bottled water on what have to be full thickness burns. We have created hell on earth and it is the innocent who will suffer first.

NickB79

(19,236 posts)

3. Was the water a bad idea?

Reply to IndyOp (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 20, 2019, 06:26 PM

Nov 2019

I don't actually know how to treat severe burns.

IndyOp

(15,524 posts)

4. I don't know. It was heart-breaking that that was

Reply to NickB79 (Reply #3)

Wed Nov 20, 2019, 06:39 PM

Nov 2019

all they could do in that situation. The response to the climate tragedy pales in comparison with the tragedy itself.

IndyOp

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5. The koala was crying and screaming because of the fire...

Reply to NickB79 (Reply #3)

Wed Nov 20, 2019, 06:41 PM

Nov 2019

More from the article linked below...

Ms Doherty said the koala was crying and screaming because of the fire.

"I've never heard a koala before. I didn't realise they could cry out. It was just so heart rendering and I knew I needed to get him out of there as quickly as possible," she said

lamp_shade

(14,831 posts)

2. More...

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Wed Nov 20, 2019, 07:57 AM

Nov 2019

https://www.9news.com.au/national/nsw-bushfires-koala-rescued-from-flames-may-not-survive-injuries/be828f6e-6216-4062-8fb7-421ca9acf236?ocid=Social-9NewsB

"The hospital has told 9news.com.au that Lewis' health hangs in the balance."

IndyOp

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6. The koala was crying and screaming because of the fire...

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Wed Nov 20, 2019, 06:42 PM

Nov 2019

Ms Doherty said the koala was crying and screaming because of the fire.

"I've never heard a koala before. I didn't realise they could cry out. It was just so heart rendering and I knew I needed to get him out of there as quickly as possible," she said

Rhiannon12866

(205,320 posts)

7. Tweet replies follow his rescue:

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Thu Nov 21, 2019, 04:27 AM

Nov 2019

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