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 (Daily Mail)
