[Ciexyz]

I wondered how the animals fared in those blazes. This is not to take away the seriousness of the human suffering.

[randomhero97]

I wondered how the animals fared in those blazes.

I think for the most part animals know of pending disaster and leave ahead of time.

[DemonDeac]

Not too good.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29143295/

“SYDNEY - Kangaroo corpses lay scattered by the roadsides while wombats that survived the wildfire’s onslaught emerged from their underground burrows to find blackened earth and nothing to eat.”

“Kangaroos that survived are suffering from burned feet, a result of their territorial behavior. After escaping the initial flames, the creatures — which prefer to stay in one area — likely circled back to their homes, singeing their feet on the smoldering ground.”

“”There’s no doubt across that scale of landscape and given the intensity of the fires, millions of animals would have been killed,” he said. Some 1,200 square miles of land have been burned.”