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Crazy Fun Facts About Koala
Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is a arboreal herbivorous marsupila native to Australia, Koala's are found in the coastal regions of eastern and southern Australia from Adelaide to the southern part of Cape York Peninsula.
A koala are often mistaken for a wombat or a type of bear hence the name "Koala bear", the only difference is that a koala has a thicker coat of fur, large ears and a longer limbs. Usually spends its time up a eucalyptus tree eating the leaves and resting or sleeping for about 18 hours a day.
A baby koala is called a "joey" it is remained hidden in a mother koala's pouch for atleast six months feeding on milk, at 8 months old "joeys" begins to explore outside but remained near the mother or riding at its back at this stage it begin to consume small amounts of mothers "pap" inorder to inoculate its gut with microbes necessary to digest eucalyptus leaves upon adulthood.
The Australian Government now list the koala as a priority species for conservation status assessment, the estimates of the national koala population numbers are in hundreds of thousand, although other studies have estimated that as few as 80,000 koala's are left in the wild.
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| Wombat (picture from wiki.com) |
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| Koala (picture from wiki.com) |
A baby koala is called a "joey" it is remained hidden in a mother koala's pouch for atleast six months feeding on milk, at 8 months old "joeys" begins to explore outside but remained near the mother or riding at its back at this stage it begin to consume small amounts of mothers "pap" inorder to inoculate its gut with microbes necessary to digest eucalyptus leaves upon adulthood.
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| Koalas walk on all four legs when walking on the ground, joey clinging to the back (picture from wiki.com) |
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Koala Animal
Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is one of the marsupial animals, animals from Australia and is a typical representative of the family only Phascolarctidae.
Koalas can be found along the east coast of Australia from Adelaide to Cape York Peninsula, and until far into the hinterland as there is sufficient rainfall to support suitable forests for koalas.
Koala able to climb trees with skilled and can cling to trees because their long arms and sharp claws, ua finger separate the front of the other three fingers. If we compare it with human hands, as if they had two thumbs. Thumb, which is very different from the other fingers, to help them stick to the small branches. Like hooks, nails koala stuck in the tree, and thus stick to the surface of the trunk is soft and smooth. This is what makes life easy koalas in the trees.
Koala known as a very lazy animal, they can move very quickly in the trees. In fact they can jump from one branch to another, a distance of one meter with a single bound. Female koala bear a child every two years, and just like kangaroos, they take care of her son in a pouch. During the first month, the baby koala lives in its mother's pouch. After this period, the baby koala and then climb back their mothers for a year. Parent koala makes a favorite tree in the eucalyptus forest to be home because they eat eucalyptus leaves - and that's just their food! This is why you can find a koala in Australia, where eucalyptus trees abundant.
Although there are more than 600 species of eucalyptus trees in Australia, koalas only eat certain leaves of 35 species among them. Koalas can not live in any place because, besides being a store of leaves, eucalyptus tree is a special residence for them. There are many different types of koalas. Each takes a different eucalyptus leaves. If you plan to move a koala, you must bring with eucalyptus leaves are eaten. Koalas are very rarely out of the tree because they are difficult to move on the ground.
Eucalyptus leaves are composed of different chemical substances. These chemicals are toxic and harmful to the animals except for koalas. Before swallowing, koalas munching leaves it with his teeth. Hazardous substances in the leaves were filtered in koala liver tissue expelled from the body. Food that is highly toxic to other animals, do not endanger the koala. In fact, koalas can eat a kilogram of leaves of the poisoned every day without problem. Even they get water from these leaves. In certain seasons, two thirds of eucalyptus leaf consists of water. Therefore, only by eating eucalyptus leaves, koalas can survive without drinking water. The tops of eucalyptus trees can be very windy. For this reason, the koala has very thick fur.
Harmony between a poisonous plant and an animal shows that the koala and eucalyptus trees have been created by the same Creator. This Creator, who created everything perfectly, surely God, the Lord of hosts.
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True Wild Life | Koala | The koala is a small bear-like mammal native to the forests of Australia. The koala does not exist in western Australia but can instead be commonly found on the east coast of Australia. Despite the bear-like appearance of the koala, the koala is not a species of bear but is a marsupial as the koala has a pouch on its tummy in which the baby koalas are carried in. The koala is a seemingly fairly docile creature, with the koala spending its time sleeping in the tops of eucalyptus trees. The koala eats the leaves of the eucalyptus tree which accounts for the majority of the diet of the koala.
The koala in southern Australia was very nearly wiped out by Victorian settlers in the 1800s. Koala conservation work is underway, as the koala numbers slowly repopulate the southern population of the koala. There are believed to be three different subspecies of the koala, although these koala subspecies differ very little from one another. The main noted difference between koala subspecies is the today less common southern koala tends to be slightly larger than the other koalas further north. This southern subspecies of koala is also found in a variation of colours from the typical grey to dark brown. The other koala subspecies are generally grey in colour with the odd white tuft of fur. The koala has a thick coat of fur, large ears and long limbs all which aid in the survival of the koala in its natural habitat. The koala also has sharp, curved claws which help the koala to climb trees and hang onto branches more effectively.
Female koalas are able to start giving birth to baby koalas when the female koala is between two and three years old. Healthy female koalas will then tend to have one baby koala every year for more than 10 years. Baby koalas are weaned from birth by the mother koala on both the milk of the mother koala and eucalyptus leaves and until the baby koala is about 12 months old. Female baby koalas will tend to leave their mother at this stage and will move to surrounding forest in order to begin starting their own family. Male baby koalas will generally stay with their mother until they are around 2 or 3 years old, and the male will then leave the home of the mother koala in order to find a mate.
When a baby koala is first born, the baby koala spends the first 6 months of its life hidden in the pouch on the front of the mother koala. During this time, the baby koala will eat nothing but the milk produced by the mother koala and the baby koala will also grow its fur, ears and eyes. The baby koala will then be ready to begin exploring the world outside the warm pouch of the mother koala.
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