View Full Version : Firefighter Gives Koala A Drink (Aussie Bushfire
solve_et_coagula
12-02-2009, 11:27 AM
Thirsty Koala - A Firefighter Gives Koala A Drink (2009 Australian Bushfires)
Thirsty Koala - A Firefighter Gives Koala A Drink (2009 Australian Bushfires) - YouTube
size_of_light
12-02-2009, 11:30 AM
Thirsty Koala - A Firefighter Gives Koala A Drink (2009 Australian Bushfires)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XSPx7S4jr4
I'm gonna Photoshop that picture and change the water bottle into a stubbie of VB.
I'll make a fortune off the t-shirt sales alone.
"You can get it changing a tyre,
Or surviving a fire...
...matter of fact, I've got it now."
rixxmixxhell
12-02-2009, 12:36 PM
A moment filled with pure light. Wonderful video.
~Thanks~ :)
januspolanski
12-02-2009, 12:58 PM
Thats really nice.
tom bombadil
12-02-2009, 01:14 PM
Somehow, I am thinking that most Ozzys would do the same.
Wonderfull.
lostandconfused
12-02-2009, 01:30 PM
That brought a tear to my eye, honestly what a wonderful vid
I am glad there are still nice guys around
lovely vid, thanks for posting it :)
size_of_light
12-02-2009, 01:34 PM
The truest 'Aussie moment' in this clip is the one you wont see on the TV and that's when the firefighter says: "Watch this, once he gets hydrated he'll rip me to fucking shreds!"
:D :D :D
lostwonderer
12-02-2009, 02:28 PM
Sweet vid.:cool:
daniel1987
12-02-2009, 08:59 PM
Thirsty Koala - A Firefighter Gives Koala A Drink (2009 Australian Bushfires)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XSPx7S4jr4
That's lovely. :)
alfrmo
12-02-2009, 11:00 PM
great vid! gives you hope in humanity:)
friendsinthesky
13-02-2009, 12:11 AM
Yes a touching feeling to it but apparently the video was made before the major bushfire and that event was due to back burning.
comawhite015
13-02-2009, 01:56 AM
^^ Does it matter? The koala is burnt and dehydrated and getting a drink. It's sweet. Shut up :P
friendsinthesky
13-02-2009, 03:09 AM
^^ Does it matter? The koala is burnt and dehydrated and getting a drink. It's sweet. Shut up :P
It does matter if the koala received burns due to backburning, but then maybe you're a sadist.
comawhite015
13-02-2009, 03:12 AM
^^ Where's your source? But then maybe you're full of shit.
edit: You're right, it was a backburning. I retract.
But isn't backburning beneficial in helping stop the fire spread?
Also, don't call me a sadist! You so don't know me at all :P The fact that I like to see the poor koala get a drink is hardly sadistic.
friendsinthesky
13-02-2009, 03:43 AM
But isn't backburning beneficial in helping stop the fire spread?
Yes it's beneficial, but killing or burning animals isn't.
Also, don't call me a sadist! You so don't know me at all :P The fact that I like to see the poor koala get a drink is hardly sadistic.
Maybe you should think what you type.
^^ Does it matter? The koala is burnt and dehydrated and getting a drink. It's sweet. Shut up :P
comawhite015
13-02-2009, 03:50 AM
Yes it's beneficial, but killing or burning animals isn't.
What if it stops a fire spreading and saves tenfold more?
Maybe you should think what you type.
Telling you to shut up doesn't make me a sadist. An impatient bastard, sure, but not a sadist. And I said that because you sooo missed the point. It's a sweet picture and it makes me smile. Poor koala. Regardless of how it happened.
Anyway let's stop derailing the thread.
noesis
13-02-2009, 04:08 AM
The media has come out today and said reports this happened before the fires where incorrect and the koala was indeed found after the fires of Sat 7 Feb. The CFA were backburning but the koala was found in an area already burnt by the fires.
synergy777
13-02-2009, 11:55 AM
i saw it on the news, yep even my cold heart was showing signs of happiness, thats how it should be, compassion in action.
we are the guardians of nature, after all.
debs67gb
13-02-2009, 11:56 AM
That was beautiful and made me smile :)
morjo
13-02-2009, 12:51 PM
I'm amazed at the hype this created. There are humans helping animals all the time.
debs67gb
13-02-2009, 12:54 PM
yep indeed so doesnt hurt to see another rather than one where the animals are badly treated :)
white knight
13-02-2009, 12:58 PM
I'm amazed at the hype this created. There are humans helping animals all the time.
Difference here is that millions of people have seen it.
What makes it emotional is when you realise a raging fire (moving at a rate of 200m/minute) has destroyed everything in it's path and you come across a bewildered koala just sitting there among the burnt out trees.
If you where there, you'd be in tears too...
boots
13-02-2009, 12:59 PM
I'm amazed at the hype this created. There are humans helping animals all the time.
Well this is different, as the Koala was totally a wild animal and injured and it let the guy come up to it and didn't try and climb the tree to escape, as it would have naturally done. I have helped injured animals and they always try and escape. That's natural.
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synergy777
13-02-2009, 01:02 PM
if it was me, i would have gave it a nice cold can of fosters, lol
debs67gb
13-02-2009, 01:03 PM
awww koalas are so sweet when defenceless - id have given him my last fosters too (altho I dont drink ) but hey lol
synergy777
13-02-2009, 01:06 PM
awww koalas are so sweet when defenceless - id have given him my last fosters too (altho I dont drink ) but hey lol
i wouldn't have given me last, i would have shared me last one 50/50.
debs67gb
13-02-2009, 01:19 PM
lol aww bless :)
noesis
13-02-2009, 06:55 PM
Well this is different, as the Koala was totally a wild animal and injured and it let the guy come up to it and didn't try and climb the tree to escape, as it would have naturally done. I have helped injured animals and they always try and escape. That's natural.
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It has been interesting and touching that during the heatwave in Vic prior to the fires, a number of stories/pictures came out of koalas reaching out to humans for help, eagerly taking water from them by hand etc. It's beautiful to see.