"It was amazing, he turned around, sat on his bum and sort of looked at me with (a look) like, put me out of my misery. I yelled out for a bottle of water. I unscrewed the bottle, tipped it up on his lips and he just took it naturally.He kept reaching for the bottle, almost like a baby."

"I love nature, and I've handled koalas before. They're not the friendliest things, but I wanted to help him."

Often mistakenly called koala bears because they resemble a child's teddy bear, the marsupial is actually a rather grumpy creature with a loud growl.

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