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In January 2020, the internet was flooded with jaw-dropping pictures of massive wildfires across Australia. While many of these photographs were genuine, a few were miscaptioned or shared out of context. One such photograph showed a koala having its paws treated for burns: This picture does indeed show a koala being treated after it was rescued from a fire in Australia. However, the photograph was taken in 2015, not 2020. The Australian Marine Wildlife Research & Rescue Organization (AMWRRO) shared the picture to the group's Facebook page in January 2015, along with a message explaining that the pictured koala, Jeremy, was having his paws treated at the organization for second-degree burns: The International Fund for Animal Welfare said that koalas are among the first animals to perish in wildfires because the slow-moving creatures can't outrun the flames: While the above-displayed picture was taken after a fire in Australia in 2015, similar scenes have taken place in 2020. Here's a video report from CNN about how the koala population is faring during the latter's devastating fires:
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