Great photo -- Firefighter Rescues Koala from Australia Wildfires

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Firefighter David Tree and his crew were patrolling land already burnt out by Australia's devastating wildfires looking for flare-ups when he spotted a koala moving gingerly across the blackened landscape. I just pulled the truck over, bailed out and went after him, Tree told The Associated Press on Tuesday. "I love nature, and I've handled koalas before. They're not the friendliest things, but I wanted to help him."

The koala, clearly in pain from scorched paws, stopped when it saw Tree following behind.

"It was amazing, he turned around, sat on his bum and sort of looked at me with (a look) like, put me out of my misery," Tree said. "I yelled out for a bottle of water. I unscrewed the bottle, tipped it up on his lips and he just took it naturally. He kept reaching for the bottle, almost like a baby."

http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=61735

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1. poor little guy

all his food just went up in flames too

[Archae]

2. Word to the wise: Those aren't Teddy bears.

But it is really nice that the firefighter gave some water to the koala, and hopefully it'll get treatment for it's burned paws.

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3. That's just too cute for words.