These were koalas, specimens of which the settlers had already seen to the north of the lake, and which stupidly allowed themselves to be killed among the thick branches of the trees in which they took refuge.
Kulák, azaz lajhárok voltak ezek - egy példányt régebben, a tó északkeleti csücskénél is láttak már a telepesek -, s igen ostobán hagyták leteríteni magukat, mert fölmenekültek ugyan a fák csúcsára, de ott aztán bambán, mozdulatlanul csüngtek a vastag ágakon.