article_snippet.sent: A video has emerged that shows the horrifying moment two French backpackers attempted to torch a native Australian quokka.
article_snippet.sent: Footage sees Thibaud Jean Leon Vallet, 24, and his cousin Jean Mickael Batrikian, 18, use a deodorant can and a lighter to set the marsupial alight in Rottnest Island on April 3.
article_snippet.sent: Video has emerged showing the horrific moment two French tourists set alight an Australian quokka .
highlights_snippet.sent: Video has emerged showing the moment 2 French tourists torch a quokka .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: The marsupial survived by scampering away, but was singed by the flame .
  