Motherly Love Across Species! Australian Fox Feeds Koala Orphaned by Forest Fire
According to The Indian Times on January 26th, on January 25th, an Australian netizen posted a video on Twitter showing a female fox feeding a baby koala. The scene was very touching and made people marvel at this love that transcends species and kind.
Australia has suffered devastating forest fires for months, killing over 10 billion animals. Countless animals have escaped death, but many have been deeply affected by the fires. Many female animals have lost their young, and many young animals have lost their mothers.
The Australian government has been using helicopters to drop food for hungry animals, delivering thousands of kilograms of sweet potatoes and carrots to prevent these animals from starving after the forest fires.
However, this measure cannot satisfy the needs of all animals, such as those still dependent on breastfeeding young animals, who obviously haven't yet developed the ability to feed themselves.
But nature once again proved the greatness of motherhood and compassion is not exclusive to humans. This Twitter netizen's video once again corroborated this point.
On January 25th, Rebecca Herbert, a Twitter netizen, shared this video and described the fox allowing the Australian koala baby to enjoy its mother's milk. This behavior can be considered a 'human' model.
The video shows a koala baby, orphaned by the forest fires, lying with its head up to enjoy 'mother's milk' under the fox mother's body, while the fox mother stood patiently. The koala baby looked so small and fragile, and the scene was so touching and heartbreaking.
The video, once published on Twitter, resonated with many netizens and was widely forwarded and liked. Many people expressed their admiration for motherhood. One netizen said, 'Mother is mother.'
Nature is full of love and compassion, this event happened not in humans, but it is worth learning from. Animals can help and rely on each other in times of danger, which also prompted many people to reflect on whether we give animals the label of 'beasts' is reasonable.
