Koala

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The koala is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia. It is the only extant representative of the family Phascolarctidae and its closest living relatives are the wombats, which comprise the family Vombatidae. The koala is found in coastal areas of the mainland’s eastern and southern regions, inhabiting Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. It is easily recognisable by its stout, tailless body and large head with round, fluffy ears and large, spoon-shaped nose. The koala has a body length of 60–85 cm (24–33 in) and weighs 4–15 kg (9–33 lb). Pelage colour ranges from silver grey to chocolate brown. Koalas from the northern populations are typically smaller and lighter in colour than their counterparts further south. These populations possibly are separate subspecies, but this is disputed,More info:wiki

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#10 Australian Koala Foundation,More info:savethekoala

The wild Koalas can sleep securely because you are helping them with your donation. Your support enables us to update the Koala Habitat Atlas so that we can ensure all Koala habitat is protected. AKF will get a Koala Protection Act and it will change environment law forever.

#9 Koala Phascolarctos cinereus,More info:animals.sandiegozoo

Have you ever heard someone refer to a koala as a “koala bear?” Well, like bears, koalas are mammals, and they have round, fuzzy ears and look cute and cuddly, like a teddy bear. But koalas are not bears. They are members of a group of pouched mammals called marsupials. Marsupials include kangaroos, wallabies, wallaroos, wombats, possums, and opossums. Koalas look soft, but their fur feels like the coarse wool of a sheep. They also seem cuddly, but koalas are not tame, and they don’t make good pets.

#8 Cute Koalas Playing 🐨 Funny Koala Bears [Funny Pets],More info:Funny Pets

#7 Koala,More info:animalplanetsthemostextreme.fandom

Koalas are on 2 different episodes, and are #9 on Moms and #5 on Gross Outs. It will go to extreme lengths to look after her baby. Her extreme digestion safeguards her baby because they pass on bacteria for eucalyptus by making droppings and poop for the baby to eat. Its baby eats the bacteria filled stool to gain immunity from eucalyptus’s poison. Koalas really do have a potty mouth, And would rather lick the bowl, than flush it.

#6 As Koalas Suffer From Chlamydia, A New Clue For Treatment,More info:nationalgeographic

Australia’s iconic koala has a problem that keeps boomeranging back.

Chlamydia, a type of sexually transmitted disease also found in humans, has hit wild koalas hard, with some wild populations seeing a 100 percent infection rate.

The infectious bacteria usually aren’t fatal, but they can severely impact a koala’s health. That’s a concern, as the International Union for Conservation of Nature considers the fuzzy mammal vulnerable to extinction, mostly due to habitat loss.

Young koalas in the pouch also get it from eating their mom’s pap, a “very nutrient-dense fecal matter” that joeys eat after breastfeeding but before they start on eucalyptus leaves, she says. The pap may allow the koala’s gut microbes to digest otherwise toxic tannins in eucalyptus, the species’ main food source.

#5 A word about the koala from the Australian Wildlife Society,More info:aws

The koala is one of Australia’s most loved and iconic animals. Though often called the koala “bear,” this cuddly animal is not a bear at all; it is a marsupial, or pouched mammal. Koalas have two thumbs on their front paws – to help them climb, to hold onto the tree and to grip their food. Koalas are mostly nocturnal animals. This means that they sleep in the daytime, and move around and feed mainly at night. The koalas’ fur is different in different parts of Australia. In the southern parts of Australia it is longer and shaggier than in the north, in order to keep them warm in the cold southern winters.