Koala begs cyclists for water in Australia heat as bushfires kill 30 per cent of the species

HEARTBREAKING footage shows a desperate koala begging cyclists for water as up to a THIRD of its species have been wiped out in Australia's apocalyptic bushfires.

The animal was nearly run over by the team of cyclists who came to its aid as it sat on the road to Adelaide in baking 40C heat.

The 'very thirsty boy' approached the cyclists and was filmed lapping up as much water as it could, having climbed up onto the bikes to get to the bottles.

The marsupials are being forced out of their homes by the fires, leading to similar scenes across affected areas.

The country's Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley estimates the infernos have destroyed 30 per cent of the little marsupials habitat.

It is thought the flames and destruction may have killed thousands of Koalas whose numbers are already dangerously low.

Read more:
Koala begs cyclist for water in scorching Australia heat as up to THIRD of species wiped out in bushfires:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10634335/koala-begs-cyclist-water-australia-heat-third-wiped-out-bushfires/

Australian wildfires wipe a THIRD of all koalas on country’s east coast as experts warn of extinction:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10630105/australian-wildfires-wipe-a-third-of-all-koalas-on-countrys-east-coast-as-experts-warn-of-extinction/

Heartbreaking image of burnt koala mum shielding her baby as wildfires rip through Australia:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9899361/burnt-koala-wildfires-australia-photos/

Hundreds of koalas burned alive after breeding ground is wiped out by bushfires ravaging parts of south east Australia:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10241289/hundreds-koala-bears-burned-alive-australian-bush-fires/

Koalas are now ‘functionally’ extinct with tiny remaining wild population ‘unable to support the next generation’:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9089501/koalas-functionally-extinct-tiny-population/

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