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David Tree and Sam

CONSIDERATION
Proof that even though a heartless human being started this mess, there’s still hope for mankind.
(David Tree and Sam)

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  1. Jane St.Clair says:

    Awwwwwwwwww, cutsy widdle koala!
    -
    I’m sorry, I don’t know what came over me, I’ll go back to being snarky right away.

  2. AC says:

    Her-art-less…..?
    Quick! Someone find a female painter!

  3. cutekittenkyti says:

    ummmm…. what happened in australia that made a person give a cute koala bottled water
    ???

    • AC says:

      Arson…. Huge fires…. Thirsty koalas….

      • mothergoose says:

        he could’ve shared a Foster’s with the cute little bear…

        • ACSIS says:

          You’d have been better to let it burn in the fire. If you’re going to give it beer, give it a real beer.

          - ACSIS of Evil, the Stanic formerly know as IowaSucks

        • eddiepscetti says:

          Good God no.. we don’t drink Foster’s. That’s only for export.

          • rhorho says:

            Are you proud of us? We properly identified an Australian photo as
            such, and all it took was a koala bear! (Remember that last Aussie
            LOL, with the two guys running?)

          • Teaspoon says:

            There’s the stuff sold in Australia as “Fosters” that’s one of the cheapest and nastiest beers available, but the stuff that’s exported as “Fosters” is the stuff that’s sold in Australia as “Crown Lager”; a favourite among the suit-clad wankers filling the city pubs on a Friday afternoon. When they’re not going for a European beer to try to show off their refined tastes to the ladies, at least. Anyway, a fair bit of what non-Australians think of as “Fosters” actually does get consumed around Sydney and Melbourne, but most of the consumers don’t know it.

        • cat says:

          no australians actually drink Fosters. We save that for tourists and exporting to the unsuspecting northern hemisphere

    • KG says:

      please, please choose ANY news source. Pundit Kitchen can’t do it all for you.

    • Kimby says:

      Bush fires that took out half of rural Victoria, 189 confirmed dead so far. And the fires were deliberately lit, and still burning.

      An interesting bit of info is that Koalas usually don’t drink, they get all their moisture from leaves, so this little guy was in a pretty bad way to actually need water.

      • Casa says:

        I thought so too… For a wild animal to be desperate enough to approach a human the fuzzies must have been very very thirsty!
        .
        .
        Oh, and trolls, it’s one thing for people to help people when things blow up, but what this picture is highlighting is that animals are part of our world too. All living things have to help eachother if we want to live together. This guy gave a kola a drink of water, some where a dolphin might be helping a drowning swimmer. Yes animals are very diffrent than humans but life is life and it’s all sacred.
        .
        .
        Just think they recycle that plastic bottle… take a deeeeeep breath and feel better.

      • Aussie Lozzy says:

        actually a little girl!

    • Kittah Noir says:

      You’re American, aren’t you?

      It shows.

    • HadesKitteh says:

      Some really big fires started in Victoria (Its just above the island for anyone who want to know).
      A lot of it was Arson I believe.

      And the koala’s food/water/leaf resource got burnt down. A humbling picture in truth, because many lost home and stuff in Oz.

      It was pretty horrible, shame for those who laugh at it the koala for it was nearly burnt. (as it is endangered and all).

      Hooray for the brave who fought,
      Hooray for those who still smile,
      And love for all who need it most.

    • meglet says:

      200 people died too -so far :-( crazy-fast fires, never seen anything like it. Worst thing is everyone still thought they had heaps of time because they were moving so fast people didn’t even know fires were close at all until too late.
      Poor Victorians. it’s amazing any Koalas or people made it out really.

    • dlindqvist says:

      Several massive bush fires, flattening towns and killed 208 people, countless wildlife with a rising death toll. It has been so tragic.

  4. cpplink says:

    Hooray for herartless humans!

  5. AC says:

    Herar Herar!
    …And ferarless firefighters.
    …And all those who nerarly died.

  6. Lara says:

    Yes, because as long as someone’s looking after something furry humanity is fine.

    Never mind the thousands of volunteers helping out the displaced HUMANS.

  7. colonelpopcorn says:

    Yeah, too bad that bottle will continue to litter their environment.
    You disgust me.

    • AC says:

      I doubt that they’ll leave the bottle there. Fool.

    • Christine says:

      omg you’re so right, instead of giving it bottled water, they should have gotten water from the near-by tap in the middle of the bush, or the local lake.

      idiot.

      • crazykitteh says:

        WIN

        • lizzie says:

          yer i second that because its not like vic is in a drought and there was just water lying a round every where that the kola could drink

          moron, id like to see how many plastic water bottles you would drink if you just servived being in the middle of a bush fire that destoried your home and all you know

  8. colonelpopcorn says:

    I’m sorry, I got so angry, I forgot to say thank you to the firefighters. I trolled I’m so sorry.

  9. Bappi says:

    I know for a fact that koalas routinely fly first class on Qantas. Let the rich bastard pay for his own water! Damn upper-class parasite.

  10. Musical Rose says:

    The term is humankind. HUmankind. Learn it. Use it.

    • Aren’t they, um, both terms? Meaning the same thing? Much like “car” and “automobile”?

      • You’re interrupting her rage moment. Please keep up with the rest of the tour and don’t touch the exhibits.

        • Sorry, my headset’s gone wonky and I’m not getting the narration anymore.

        • AC says:

          The best museums/galleries were the ones with stuff to play with…

          • Shush you, we couldn’t clear it with the health board or we would have a whack a troll exhibit.

            • AC says:

              :(
              Oh!
              Could we get mummies instead! Morbidly curious children always love them!

              • mothergoose says:

                Mummies!! Where?!

                • AC says:

                  Chamber Street museum, Edinburgh….
                  Just follow the line of kids dragging their grannies to that section…

                  • mothergoose says:

                    Scottish Mummies!!!

                    • Everything is more amusing in a kilt.

                    • n8 says:

                      Scottish mummies are the best. They come pre-embalmed, you see. ;-)

                        • AC says:

                          Ahhhh…. Yeah, don’t cremate Scots… The flame goes blue…

                        • Now I am intrigued…

                        • AC says:

                          We’re not all drunks. I, personally, am teetotal. (My idea of a good night out is one I can remember the next day. (Oh, and I’m kind of disgusted by 14 year old girls puking in the street.))
                          But certainly we have a pretty irresponsible drinking culture here…. Pretty sad to be known for it, actually…

                        • I am chemically boring and actually fear for what I might do while out of a controlled state of mind. I have some mean drunks in my family so I don’t want to find out what kind of drunk I might be.

                          So I sympathize since my mom thinks me aberrant for wanting to play D&D on Saturday evenings as opposed to hitting up a bar…

                        • DWN, my mother has also criticized me for not drinking enough… :roll: …I can only imagine how odd she’d think I was if I didn’t drink at all! I wouldn’t worry about it. Not a thing wrong with being “chemically boring” or with playing D&D (or whatever games a person likes) on a Saturday night!

                        • My mom used to fling the religion vs D&D argument at me and tear up my notebooks. Now she just does the head shaking thing and she seems upset that I hardly ever call… Perhaps I am just too bitter.

                        • AC says:

                          …actually fear for what I might do while out of a controlled state of mind.
                          Oh absolutely, me too.
                          Maybe if people drank when they were older (Or at least if they drank in moderation.) it would be better. A girl I know is teetotal because she drank herself into hospital when she was 14….
                          It’s actually ok at parties when I don’t drink. I don’t get pushed. People put it down to being “churchy” but just kind of say “each to their own”…

                        • AC says:

                          :shock:
                          religion vs D&D argument
                          eh?

                        • Jane St.Clair says:

                          Yeah, I have family members who think that maybe if I’d go out to the bars I’d meet a nice guy instead of being hopelessly single as I currently am.

                        • I would be too paranoid to drink at a party. Least you aren’t pressured. I just don’t go to much in the way of social gatherings.

                        • Well, it’s easy for me to say you have to let it go; I’m not entirely successful at that myself and from what I remember of your background you probably have more to forgive than I do. BUT I do know that it’s best for your mental/emotional health in the long run.

                          I also try not to spend excessive amounts of time with her, which is why I was so hellishly cranky around the holidays. She is a master of sly, passive-aggressive criticism, the kind that builds up around you like carbon monoxide.

                        • *shakes head at stupid lack of nesting*
                          My last post was at dwn…

                        • AC says:

                          My mother’s totally “pubs are baaaaad places!!!!”
                          Gah.
                          She gave me a “keep your thumb over the bottle” lecture the other day. I know I’m ignorant, but I’m not that ignorant. Sake.
                          @Jane: why do they think bars are the best place to find a guy?

                        • @Jane: I would be hopeless if I was single too. I am too much of a shut in to meet anybody except online and I wouldn’t be worth the trip. I pretty much burned through all my possible luck when I got Lynn, if something happens there, don’t expect to see me around anywhere. So I sympathize. I have no desire to hit bars or go anywhere to social gatherings… Wow, that was more rambling than I liked.

                          @AC: *sigh* D&D as a tool of the devil, Jehovah’s Witnesses whine about it. She feels the same way about mythology too. When she was into the religion actively, she got rid of all her unicorn posters because they were “evil.” She still holds a lot of their beliefs but just considers herself damned so she doesn’t really try to push them anymore. It’s complicated in a crazy sort of way.

                        • rhorho says:

                          @Jane: A wise person told me that if you
                          to meet an alcoholic, hang out at bars.

                          The best advice I’ve ever gotten is to stop
                          looking. So far, so good…

                        • @AC: It’s a mom thing, dear; every time one of my daughters goes to a party I have to give the whole “Don’t let anyone bring you something to drink and don’t set your drink down anywhere…” speech. Which they know perfectly well, but we can’t help reminding because we don’t want you guys roofied, ok?

                        • @Diss: I pretty much leave her home feeling like the only thing I have ever done right in her eyes is have my two sons.

                          @AC: I will never understand why people think bars are a good place to pick up people. I know it worked for a few people but I hate bars to begin with so meh…

                        • AC says:

                          @DWN: Yeah, the local nurse who deals with STIs told us at school that she still sees all her former patients… at sportster’s bar… Ew.
                          @Diss: suppose so. Will try to avoid :roll: in future.

                        • Jane St.Clair says:

                          I’m as confused as all of you. The only thing I can figure is that my extended family is perpetually confused by my seeming lack of “normalcy” as far as they are concerned. I don’t do anything the way they think I should, didn’t go away to college (didn’t have the money, so I lived at home), didn’t get my driver’s license till late, live with my parents (who don’t mind me being here and if they want me to move out so bad they’re welcome to pay my rent since I’m currently making NO money and don’t really want to be here either) and a number of other things I’m not doing right. But hey, my alcoholic and druggie cousin is bipolar, so everything she does has an excuse. They are also WAY more concerned about my singlehood than I am. I think some of them secretly think I’m a lesbian.

                        • @DWN: LOL, you are ahead of me, then, as I’ve never done anything worthwhile! She makes a little bit of effort with her grandkids in general but there’s really only one that she actually likes and that one Can Do No Wrong. Now, she’s a good kid, but it cracks me up a little that she always goes on about how great she is and how proud she is of her when she’s really quite comparable to the other 3. But she’s the one person in the family that gets positive comments from my mom; go figure…

                          In general: I don’t know that bars are generally a great place to meet people, but I do know two couples that have been happily married for years who met in bars, so it’s not impossible. Me and my guy hang out in a bar frequently (actually, we don’t even always drink, maybe once every 3 times?) with our friends, because that’s just where we hang out, play cards, etc., but I didn’t meet him there.

                        • StreetPreacher says:

                          I feel you on that. -.- My mom once burned a jewelry catalogue for having those little pewter statues of wizards and unicorns and such in it.
                          She also once told me that my dad, uncle, and cousin were going to burn in hell for playing Magic: The Gathering.

                          However, this was the same woman who once told me that nobody ever saw baby pigeons because they were born patterned a la Army Jungle Camo.

                        • @Jane: If you are secretly a lesbian, I want a video… Just one. I do hate the they have “issues” excuse. I understand that they made some bad choices and bad sh!t is happening but I remember my little sister being offered a new car to quit smoking. Meanwhile, I actually work for a living and didn’t cause any trouble but they want to reward her into straightening up (which hasn’t worked, ever) while I get talked down to for not being what they wanted…

                          *sigh* Nevermind, that tangent is going to make me more bitter than I really need to be right now.

                        • @Diss: Ya, my mom is crazy but hasn’t gotten to that level yet. Then again my boys are a 4 year old and a 10 month old so I probably just need to give it time.

                          @StreetPreacher: Yea, the part where she thumbed through my DM notebook, told me that it looked like a lot of work before tearing it up in front of me really struck a nerve. I get the condescending Mmmhmm nod whenever my gaming stuff is mentioned by anybody who isn’t me because I stopped talking about it if I can help it.

                          Sidenote: I used to play MtG but can’t afford to anymore.

                        • rhorho says:

                          @Diss: I hate these long threads, but you’re
                          right. It’s not bad advice, as a general rule,
                          but there certainly are exceptions.

                        • Lefty says:

                          *runs in semi-late on the conversation*

                          Yeah, I know how all of you feel. I come from a religious family, and I happen to collect tarot cards. Let’s just say, I tend to get the frosty glare whenever I bring them up at family gatherings. Some people really believe that they are the God Warriors. [LINK]

                        • @rho: What was, let the resentment at your family go, or watch your drink at a party, or something else?

                        • ACSIS says:

                          love… her… ;-)

                        • Jane St.Clair says:

                          DWN: That is just how my family works! One of my cousins was always in trouble so my grandmother paid to send her to Disneyworld with my aunt so she could “see how a real family is”. This was supposed to straighten her out or something, I guess. I’m not saying I wanted anything from her, or anything, but srsly lady, you can stop harping on the fact that I missed the “college experience” because I was too selfish to put myself in debt to go away to school.

                        • @Jane: Just remember, we have nothing to be bitter about… :roll: Least we have each other, babe. And His Cruelty, when he deigns to arrive… *hugs*

                        • Jane St.Clair says:

                          *hugs* That’s true, I hope he has some interesting torture and mayhem stories when get gets back.

                        • I expect it to be as bracing as always, your ladyship. I suspect we both have many presents in store. I just hope he doesn’t bring me yet another set of testicle earrings. The smell was horrid and I don’t have pierced ears…

                        • Jane St.Clair says:

                          Well, it WAS the thought that counted…

                        • Makes me shudder to think what His Cruelty might have been thinking…

                        • rhorho says:

                          @Diss: I thought your general comment
                          about the two married couples you know who
                          met at bars to be counter to the advice my
                          friend gave me. Sorry, these skinny threads
                          get me all confoozled.

                        • @rho: Oh, that! I guess my point was that it can happen but I wouldn’t want to count on it….definitely not where I’d tell my kids or friends to
                          go to meet someone!

                        • rhorho says:

                          Not to wax Clintonesque, but a lot probably
                          has to do with what your definition of “bar”
                          is. A Friday happy hour crowd at a pub is a
                          far cry from closing time at a roadhouse.

                          The best advice is probably not to go in
                          search of someone, imo.

                      • froofrou says:

                        I thought that was Irish mummies….

    • Pheemz says:

      Oh sod off. Man / mankind has been used for many centuries to describe the human population in general. Just because some idiots get butthurt about it doesn’t mean it should be abandoned.

      You’re not one of those retards who uses stupid non-words like ‘herstory’ are you?

      • viking gal says:

        I do, sometimes, just to make people stop and think. If you had grown up female during the years that ‘he’ was supposed to include women as well, and the ’70 kilogram male’ was the basis for ALL medicine, as I did; you might be a little more understanding of those who go a bit overboard with the PC language thing.

  11. vee says:

    i thought koala bears didn’t drink?

  12. PeachyKat says:

    What about the reptiles or amphibians or non-cutsie creatures in the bush?

  13. cocinero says:

    Trifecta!

  14. Schmoe says:

    “Hope for mankind”-hmm…note to evolutionists: don’t you think that at the level of intelligence we’ve evolved to we could, as a race (i.e. human) consciously endeavor to progress beyond such hateful and destructive acts? Perhaps Devo has been right.

  15. Steve says:

    You must whip it? Whip it good?

    I don’t see the relevance.

  16. Lady Donna Marie Royce says:

    What I find interesting is that for a creature that is considered violent towards humans, this one turned to a human for help when it knew it needed help!

    I have seen the video that this photo was taken from and I find it wonderful that out of all that living hell of that fire, ONE MAN that full well knew that this animal could have torn him apart had it not been burned, stopped and came to that animal’s aid AND THAT ANIMAL ACCEPTED THAT AID!

    If we had more people like this man in the world, WE AS HUMANS MIGHT JUST MAKE IT ON THIS BALL OF MUD WE LIVE ON! THIS IS A MAN AFTER MY OWN HEART!

    As to the ones that started that fire. I HOPE THAT THEY ROT IN HELL AND GET A GOOD TASTE OF WHAT THEY DID TO OTHERS!

  17. eddiepscetti says:

    But the best part is he was outed on Facebook and now has half a country that wants to rearrange his body parts.

  18. Duffy says:

    Is that water? Or does the firefighter have the koala tea of mercy?

    BTW, Sam is recovering from the third degree burns to her paws in the Mountain Ash Wildlife Shelter. (shelter name irony noted.)

  19. Richo says:

    Koala are nasty territorial critters with claws 25mm long for climbing trees or ripping human skin, which ever is more appropriate at the time. They are rarely seen on the ground let alone drinking water straight from a bottle. If it hadn’t been for the fire the koala would have been running and/or attacking. Very strange behaviour for even Aussie’s to observe..hence the media interest. Also no-one in Australia drinks Fosters…we don’t know why anyone else in the world does either.

    We drink VB (Victoria Bitter) and XXXX…sometimes we let our women drink it too.

    PS Beer Joke – Why is American Beer like s_ex in a canoe? Because they are both f*cking close to water !

    • viking gal says:

      As an American, I think most of the major US brands could just be poured back into the horse. Microbrew for me!

    • eddiepscetti says:

      I like VB, but I also go for Crown or Toohey’s. As an aside, do you know why Queenslanders call the beer XXXX? They don’t know how to spell beer.

      -
      *Sorry all, I know that’s a regional joke..*

    • Viking says:

      “So, what’ll it be, mate?”
      “Coffee”
      “Right-o. One beer!”
      “No, coffee”
      “Beer”
      “Coff-ee”
      “Be-er”
      “C-O…”
      “B-E…”

      • ACSIS says:

        More evidence that if The Simpsons haven’t done it, it’s probably not worth talking about.
        Speaking of that, now we all know how to play Knifey / Spooney, so you Aussies can’t use that game to trick us out of our lunch money any more.

  20. Gabby says:

    What about all the wildlife carers Australia wide? They never get publicity like this, and they have done much more work than this one man has done. I’m not saying what he did wasnt amazing, but there are so many more people doing more for our native buddies; raising orphans, nursing the sick and injured, and putting them back where they belong…..you never hear about those people.

  21. timmis says:

    That’s so cute. And they’re even holding hands :D

    • MinaV says:

      The reason she is holding onto his hand is because she didn’t drink all three botles of water. Most of it dripped down her face into his glove. She must have noticed it was cool in her mouth and on her face and was smart enough to realise to put her paws in it. She suffered 3rd degree burns to all 4 of her paws.

  22. sameswag says:

    I watched the actual video of this. It’s adorable and sad! Sorry to all of those in Australia who had to go through this. My sympathies and best wishes.

  23. Kittah Noir says:

    What?! Only one mention of dropbears?

    It’s a trap!! (cue Admiral Ackbar dancing)

    Behind that tree is a dropbear… waiting… You know they only use koalas as bait to lure unsuspecting tourists to their lairs, right?

    They really need to educate the tourists better on these sort of hazards.

  24. Kittah Noir says:

    On a tangential note, my partner came up with an entertaining idea: Extreme wildlife camping adventures, where you’re guaranteed to come up against Aussie’s wildlife (and not guaranteed to survive the ordeal). The first one would be a redback tour, where you stay in what is essentially a corrugated tin warehouse, with a couple of rocks thrown in for good measure.

    Yes, that was for the few Aussies on here.

    Try listening to Scared Weird Little Guys’ “Dangerous Animals”. It’s a good song to promote our wildlife.

    • Lee says:

      Said corrugated tin warehouse has *got* to contain a toilet seat. A ring of them perhaps, around the walls, but only some of them infested, like a redback Russian Roulette…

      Worst Nightmare Ever!

  25. sheri says:

    Get your facts right. Not ALL of the fires were started by people. Some were by lightning and pure weather

    unless you are referring to the larger fact that humans are destroying the earth and if we never built houses they never would have burnt down?!

    • Molly says:

      Given that Sam was burnt during backburning operations to contain the Delburn Complex fires (fires believed to be deliberately lit) a week before the catastrophic fires, technically her plight was directly caused by humans. See the link for more info, and please do some fact checking of your own before jumping on your high horse.

    • froofrou says:

      You seem to be doing rather well living in your tree with nothing that will harm the environment……oh wait, you obviously have a computer, so you must have an electrical socket to plug it in to, a phone line to get online with, and at least one wall to house those two things. I bet you’re living under a roof, too, in a subdivision that was put in after razing the land and taking it from the cute little woodland creatures.
      -
      Geez, jump down off your pedestal before you suffocate from lack of oxygen.

  26. ZomgFail says:

    Spelling Fail…

    Heartless NOT herartless

  27. wundawomun says:

    This picture actually made my eyes water.

  28. Magic Armadillo says:

    Herartless?

  29. kia says:

    australia should start to dish out the death penalty again. the arsonist deserves it

  30. Aussie Pride says:

    With these fires in Victoria and the floods up here in Queensland its a little for aussies to handle, but if things keep going the way they are going it wont be so bad because we as a country are banding together and helping each other and the animals. Its people like this CFA worker who are True Blue heros for doing the right thing, whoever has lit these fire diserves to pay the price the loss of one person is hard enough let alone 209. All I can say is how could you.

  31. Shannon says:

    thats adorable

  32. Lancer says:

    Awww… :( I has a tear…

  33. G says:

    spelling Herartless…fail

  34. Nyx says:

    Y’know, a koala once bit the ear off a Japanese tourist in a wildlife park here in Australia. Thought you’d appreciate the fact.

  35. Nadyatron says:

    This made me cry. It’s fascinating how both sad and amazing this picture is.

  36. graeme says:

    UPDATE: The Koala (Sam) has died today (6/Aug/09) she died of complications during surgery to remove cysts.

    See the following:

    http://www.news.com.au/story/0,,25891744-2,00.html


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