You’re right. Koalas usually spend their entire lives up in trees, getting both nourishment and hydration from eucalyptus leaves; not on the ground and drinking. That poor thing was on its last legs and knew it. Especially taking that water from a strange creature of unknown motive.
“Especially taking that water from a strange creature of unknown motive.”
I like the quip the fireman made in the video - “he’ll get rehydrated and rip the sh*t out of me.”