Read this on here is it true?
2006-11-24 00:13:36 · 11 answers · asked by lyrapullman 1 in Travel ➔ Australia ➔ Other - Australia
Lighting a cigarette..sorry
2006-11-24 00:18:04 · update #1
Read in a best answer given on here.
2006-11-24 00:24:47 · update #2
I think you will find that eucalyptus trees are highly flammable as they contain high amounts of alcohol. Hence the fact that the little mites are always drunk. Cant be bad.
As for whether the tourists are banned. I wouldn't have a clue.
2006-11-24 00:26:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Koala bears aren't flammable.
Humans consume alcohol which is highly flammable, yet even alcoholics aren't able to go up in flames just from lighting a cigarette.
That said, you'll never see a koala bear light a cigarette, so I don't think you'll have to worry about them going up that way anyway. The Taronga Zoo in Sydney does have a koala encounter where you are allowed to hold and feed some koalas, however you are not allowed to smoke around them for due to the smoke being harmful to their lungs, not because they'll go up in flames.
2006-11-24 00:31:10 · answer #2 · answered by mcpenguin 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
LOL - where did you hear that?
Only tourists are banned from lighting cigarettes? Does that mean us Aussies can? Hmmm, next time I am with a koala I must test out that theory.
But seriously - as with the previous answers, koalas aren't flammable, but you don't want to bother them in the wild. They have sharps claws and they are not afraid to use them on humans.
2006-11-26 02:00:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dont know where you got that, but it sounds like crap to me.
Everything in the Australian bush is flammable and we have a problem with bushfires. People are not banned from either gum trees nor koalas, however, koalas are wild animals, and you hardley ever see them during the day, and very rarely will you ever see one in a city, so your likelihood of being able to hold one even if you could catch one is slim to non, like all wild animals, they should be left alone! As for gumtrees, there are millions of these in Oz, and as long as its not in a National Park (protected areas of bushland and forrest) feel free to go nuts mate!
2006-11-24 00:18:32 · answer #4 · answered by aussie_traveller_josie 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Have no idea if this is true or not, though it does sound a bit ridiculous! Thought I should point out that a Koala is not a bear, it's a marcupial
2006-11-24 00:21:36 · answer #5 · answered by waterbaby 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Australia they have much higher anti smoking laws and fire regulations. Unless you're going to trek through the bush to find a koala smoking is probably banned nearby cos it's a public area.
2006-11-24 00:23:38 · answer #6 · answered by Skippy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Banned from what burning the trees yes even in Australia arson is a crime, touching koalas go for your life if you appreciate the idea of 3inch claws gripping into you
2006-11-24 00:20:50 · answer #7 · answered by whay i lost my ?s 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No...but it sounds like it'd work on a few naive tourists though.....hey did ya hear about the carnivorous koalas? scarely little tykes, take ya leg clean off....... ; )
2006-11-24 01:55:49 · answer #8 · answered by sunset 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
sorry to be a pain but Koala's are not bears - they are marsupials and lighting fires is a criminal offence
2006-11-24 01:09:13 · answer #9 · answered by Jen S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
koala bears are not highly inflanable silly you
2006-11-24 00:24:09 · answer #10 · answered by peter c 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋