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Now his hair grew like curling grey wires over his ears and in his ears , while the crown of his head was so bare it looked vulnerable and expectant of blows . But the carnival , as most every other social landmark , remained essentially unaltered from season to season , year to year , decade to decade . Desperate to save the mother koala 's life , the family calls the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Services . An alert crew member sheared the hoist cable , saving the vulnerable Moffitt from being dragged down the mountain . In a February 15 letter to the district wildlife office , desperate village leaders , explaining their decision to hire three more bush doctors , maintained that the wounded lion escaped capture because " it has taken on a new strategy . " Each one of its strange-looking characteristics helps an aye-aye survive , " says David Haring , who works at the Duke University Primate Center in Durham , North Carolina . " But always , beneath his soaring hymns of joy and awe , pulsed a dull throb of despair .