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Raw Video: Sam the Koala Gets a Drink After Fire (Australia - adorable and heart wrenching)
The Washington Post ^
| Feb 11, 2009
Posted on 02/11/2009 3:29:41 PM PST by RDTF
A firefighter finds a koala moving gingerly on her scorched paws after wildfires sweep Australia. "Sam" accepted a bottle of water and is now recovering at a wildlife shelter.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: animalrescue; bushfires; koala
video at link
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posted on
02/11/2009 3:29:41 PM PST
by
RDTF
To: RDTF
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posted on
02/11/2009 3:31:26 PM PST
by
randomhero97
("First you want to kill me, now you want to kiss me. Blow!" - Ash)
To: RDTF
Just what I needed on a wet, crappy day at work. That little Koala had “Hug me” written all over it!
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posted on
02/11/2009 3:34:57 PM PST
by
Right Cal Gal
(Abraham Lincoln would have let Berkeley leave the Union without a fight)
To: RDTF
Poor baby. Had the good sense to trust the firefighter.
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posted on
02/11/2009 3:35:00 PM PST
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Roses0508
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posted on
02/11/2009 3:35:01 PM PST
by
RDTF
(BO smells and eventually people do what's necessary to avoid it)
To: RDTF
The real reason Sam needed the water
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posted on
02/11/2009 3:36:10 PM PST
by
JRios1968
(Sarah Palin is what Willis was talkin' about!)
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posted on
02/11/2009 3:37:19 PM PST
by
xcamel
(The urge to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it. - H. L. Mencken)
To: RDTF
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posted on
02/11/2009 3:42:57 PM PST
by
Westlander
(Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
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I saw a clip of this earlier today. Poor little Koala was in shock.
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posted on
02/11/2009 4:00:22 PM PST
by
TheMom
(I'm gonna be a grandma!)
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Awww!
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posted on
02/11/2009 6:04:52 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(This disaster brought to you by the failed Obama administration.)
To: RDTF
Oh I really needed to see something just genuinely that good and for all the right reasons, that area of Oz is just devastated, so good to see good news out of there!
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posted on
02/11/2009 9:11:42 PM PST
by
Danae
(Amerikan Unity My Ass)
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