First, koalas are timid, which affects the efficiency of rescue.
Koalas are very timid animals. Although they are usually lazy and don't want to move at all, once they are frightened, their four short legs are too fast to catch. A mountain fire broke out in Australia. For koalas living in the forest, they wake up in their sleep. They must have been frightened when they saw the fire. At this time, they all find a place to hide, no matter how injured they are, they just want to run.
Rescuers can't find them unless they are really hungry because they want to drink water because of the high temperature. Just waiting for them to come out by themselves, the rescuers waited for four days. Some seriously injured koalas directly missed the best rescue time and died in the fire.
Second, koalas usually stay in trees. When they catch fire, they burn fastest.
Moreover, the elderly are particularly picky about food. They only eat eucalyptus leaves. As you know, koalas are lazy. Based on the principle of "don't move if you can", they stay on the nearby eucalyptus and sleep with eucalyptus branches. So, when there is a fire, they may not find it before it burns under their feet.
In addition, eucalyptus is very easy to ignite, and many koalas are burned when they get off the tree. After all, they climb so high that they have to hold the trunk and slide slowly when they want to come down. In case of fright, they will climb to the top of the tree regardless of the willy-nilly, which is invisible to most people, and the "fur" they wear is just a little on fire.
Third, slow response, fear of high temperature and persistence in living environment.
Koalas are particularly afraid of heat and dare not cross the sea of fire and run outside the forest. Forget it, their reaction ability is very slow, and the fire has reached their door. They are still thinking about "what happened". The brain's reflex arc may circle the earth dozens of times, so it hurts to run.
And I don't know why, they are very persistent about "home". The first thing that happens in a fire is not how to escape, but how to go home. The house burned down, and they want to go back! ! I watched a video about "Australian mountain fire, koala escape" before. Koalas always want to run back. The torch on the road burned its little feet, but it still insisted on going back. So, it is this persistence that they die more than other animals.
In this burning forest in Australia, there are 28,000 koalas, more than 8,000 koalas were burned to death, and the rest were seriously injured and slightly injured. According to this ratio, it is normal for koalas to be seriously injured. If they had run earlier, they would have run away and hid. Isn't there a point in their multiple sorrows? I don't know how to ask for help. I must wait until I am hungry. Eating is more important than life.