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Koalas are found in Australia mainly
in regions where are there are enough Gum Trees (Eucalypt
forests), which are found in South Eastern Australia.
Usually the koalas are called koala bears but they are not
bears koalas are mammal and marsupial, which means that they
feed their babies with their own milk and carry their
developing young in a pouch.
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The name
koala was given by the Aboriginal which means no
drink. It is just because the koalas are animals
that don’t drink a lot, the reason is that the
eucalypt leaves has enough moisture and is enough
for these animals to live with.
Koalas are known as lazy animals, they spent eighty
percent of the time sleeping. Koalas don’t like
moving around during night or daylight but mainly
short after sunset for feeding and bark loud at
other koalas.
The main food and almost only one are the Eucalypt
leaves. There are different Eucalypt trees and the
koalas can feed on around twelve species of Eucalypt
trees.
The koalas
are usually ash grey in color, with a white chest
and have a thick fur. The koalas have flat nose,
large hands which help them to climb the trees and
strong limbs.
There is in Australia two koalas sub species, the
North and South varieties.
The koalas mate usually during the summer between
October and February. |
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The Joey comes to world after five weeks of conception; the
baby is without hair and blind. The Joey stays then in the
mother’s pouch the next six months drinking milk and until
one year the mother needs to give the baby supplementary
food through its caecum.
When talking about Australia, Koalas are one of the animals
that one thinks about. |
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