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February 12, 2009, Thursday
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A LOVE story between two badly burned koalas rescued from Australia's deadliest bushfires has provided some heart-warming relief after days of devastation and the loss of more than 180 lives.
The story of Sam and her new boyfriend Bob emerged after volunteer firefighter Dave Tree used a mobile phone to film the rescue of the female found in a burned out forest at Mirboo North, 150 kilometers southeast of Melbourne.
Photos and a video of Tree, 44, approaching Sam while talking gently to her, and feeding her water from a plastic bottle as she put her burned claw in his cold, wet hand quickly hit video sharing website YouTube, making the koala an Internet sensation.
But it was after reaching a wildlife shelter that Sam met and befriended Bob, who was saved by wildlife workers on Friday, two days before Sam, in Boolarra, about 180km from Melbourne.
Tree, who has been a volunteer firefighter for 26 years, said it was rare to get so close to a koala so he asked his colleague Brayden Groen, 20, to film him. "You can see how she stops and moves forward and looks at me. It was a look saying 'I can't run, I'm weak and sore, put me out of my misery,'" Tree said.
The story of Sam and her new boyfriend Bob emerged after volunteer firefighter Dave Tree used a mobile phone to film the rescue of the female found in a burned out forest at Mirboo North, 150 kilometers southeast of Melbourne.
Photos and a video of Tree, 44, approaching Sam while talking gently to her, and feeding her water from a plastic bottle as she put her burned claw in his cold, wet hand quickly hit video sharing website YouTube, making the koala an Internet sensation.
But it was after reaching a wildlife shelter that Sam met and befriended Bob, who was saved by wildlife workers on Friday, two days before Sam, in Boolarra, about 180km from Melbourne.
Tree, who has been a volunteer firefighter for 26 years, said it was rare to get so close to a koala so he asked his colleague Brayden Groen, 20, to film him. "You can see how she stops and moves forward and looks at me. It was a look saying 'I can't run, I'm weak and sore, put me out of my misery,'" Tree said.
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