Baby Koala Cools off in a Bucket!

He had lost his mother, didn't know the way to his tree and felt very hot and ill.

Nothing that a nice cold bath could not fix.

This baby koala was forced to take refuge from Australia's heatwave in a bucket of water placed out by some friendly neighbours in Maude, near Melbourne. First, he stuck his tongue in for a drink and then clambered in himself to cool off.

He sat in the bucket and waited quietly, with a very drippy muzzle, until wildlife officers arrived to rescue him.

When he has recovered he will be returned to his mother, who was waiting in a tree nearby. She had abandoned him after becoming disoriented in the heat.


He had lost his mother, didn't know the way to his tree and felt very hot and ill.

Nothing that a nice cold bath could not fix.

This baby koala was forced to take refuge from Australia's heatwave in a bucket of water placed out by some friendly neighbours in Maude, near Melbourne. First, he stuck his tongue in for a drink and then clambered in himself to cool off.

He sat in the bucket and waited quietly, with a very drippy muzzle, until wildlife officers arrived to rescue him.

When he has recovered he will be returned to his mother, who was waiting in a tree nearby. She had abandoned him after becoming disoriented in the heat.


Tracey Young found him huddled beneath a her veranda, shaking and looking very sick.

'The mum had become distressed and disorientated by the heat so she left the baby on its own,' she said.

'They're normally up the tree together, in a pair, and we see them all the time.

'I had to scoop water up in my hand to get it to drink and at first it wasn't very responsive.


Koalas under heat siege!

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