Australia -Summer Heat

[Di]

AT 120 DEGREES IN AUSTRALIA , IT WAS SO HOT FOR A WEEK THAT KOALAS
WERE ASKING PEOPLE FOR WATER. IT'S NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE.

ONE WENT TO A HOUSE TO TRY TO HIDE FROM THE HEAT AND TO GET A BIT OF SHADE AND HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE OWNER GAVE HIM SOMETHING TO DRINK. IT'S REALLY CUTE.

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[FrogHat]

Can you have them as pets??

 

[Stormynights]

That is too cute. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Chrissie]

Oh Di, what wonderful photos
Especially love the 5th one down The way it's sitting up in the bowl with it's front paws holding the sides, makes it look like a child in a furry outfit

 

[Lisaf01]

I want one!!! If I plant some eucalyptus trees can I have a Koala, PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZE?

I'd like a little bit of your Australian heat too - but not too much! It's still too cold here!!

 

[emonty]

Is it still 2009 in Australia?

 

[imeothanasis]

Is it still 2009 in Australia?

that was good emonty.


nice pics Di, I am impressed from animals, I see documentaries in every chance and I love them very much but this photos are very exiting. Wild animals come to people for water?????????

 

[Di]

Hi Everyone,

The photos are taken last summer, ( jan 1009)
our Australian summer is from Dec - Feb-

Last summer was a very hot and dry one,
and many animals suffered from the heat.

Koalas are special animals, they never - NEVER - drink water, -
they get all their moisture from the eucalyptus leaves that they eat-

so when a koala drinks water, there is something -VERY - wrong

in this case the poor little thing is drasticly hot and desperate for water to cool him/her self.

No I am sorry they are not allowed to be kept as pets,
the only people who keep them for a short time are animal rescue workers, who will help them when they are orphaned by road accidents, or if they are sick or injured, but then only untill they are well enough to be released back into the wild again.

And No, Australian Native Animals cannot be exported out of the country, unless it is under special licence through a zoological gardens transfer policy.

And finaly - yes, I think we can all benefit from the love of-,
or from being loved by, animals.