SAM THE KOALA

An amazing image to come out of the devestation of the Victorian bushfires. If you know Koalas you'll know they're not the friendliest of creatures, but after what this poor thing had been through it wasn't exactly full of beans.

He said he was in the middle of backburning at Mirboo North when he saw the stricken koala. "I could see she had sore feet and was in trouble, so I pulled over the fire truck. She just plonked herself down, as if to say 'I'm beat'," he said.

"I offered her a drink and she drank three bottles.

"The most amazing part was when she grabbed my hand. I will never forget that."

Mr Tree and his brigade then received an emergency call-out to save a house, but minutes later Sam was picked up by wildlife carers.

She is one of 22 koalas, 14 ringtail possums, several wallabies and eastern grey kangaroos that have been handed into Gippsland carers.

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But this is an amazing pic....

and now some footage has turned up.

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