The disastrous bushfire crisis in Australia continues . In New South Wales and Victoria , authorities haveenacted hand brake measuresthat grant firefighters to forcibly relocate residents if necessary , as the navycontinues to evacuate4,000 resident physician and tourists in Mallacoota on the Victoria coast after they take flight to the beach when bushfires encircled the township .
The more you look , the grimmer it becomes .
Amongst the many horrendous picture and picture come forth from the fires raging across Australia , this one is n’t the most attending - grabbing at first , but it ’s pretty raw nonetheless . Captured in Newcastle , New South Wales , the video show an Australian magpie perfectly mime the strait of emergency service sirens as they head to deal with the flack .
" OK this is one of the coolest things ever , " former Threatened Species Commissioner Gregory Andrewswrote on Facebookof his video . " Today I contact an Australian prater in Newcastle NSW which had learned to sing the calls of fire - engine and ambulances . "
Australian chatterer are incredible mimics and can pose over 35 species of bird coinage , harmonise to theNew South Wales Government , as well as dogs and sawhorse .
When they live in close propinquity to people , they have also been cognize to mime humans . Rather grimly , this one appears to have been in regular close proximity to emergency vehicle to effectively mimic their sirens .
Though friendly in the video , the specie are best annul during " swooping season " when they become infamously aggressive and territorial . During this time – as the name suggests – they are bed to pounce down low-down and tight over people for monish them off and protect their nest , clacking their bills as they go . Last year a human on a bicycle pass away afterattempting to avoid a magpie that swooped at himin New South Wales .
The fires have been disastrous not just for people who have lost their homes , but for wildlife too , with expert estimating thatnearly half a billion animals may have been killedsince they began . Meanwhile , a distressful image has been distribute in the media of a kangaroo joey that got catch in a barbed - telegram fence and cut to decease as itattempted to flee the brilliance .
We would highly recommend not looking at it if you are of a sensitive temperament ( it ’s here if you are not ) but if you do , here are two kangaroos having a bar scrap as a palate cleanser .
