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People like koalas for any of a number of reasons:
- Koalas vaguely resemble teddy bears, which is why they are often wrongly called 'koala bears'.
- In some animal sanctuaries, people are able to hold koalas. This means they have the opportunity to pet the koalas' soft, woolly fur, and appreciate the docility and gentleness of these creatures (under the right circumstances, as they can be aggressive).
- Koalas are uniquely Australian, and regarded as a national icon.
What else can I help you with?
Do koalas have fat that they like to munch on?
No. Koalas do not eat fat. They are herbivores.
What do koalas exhale?
Koalas are mammals and, like all mammals, they exhale air.
How do koalas bathe?
Koalas, like many mammals, bathe by licking themselves.
Are koalas domesticated?
No. People do not keep pet koalas. This is prohibited, as they are a protected species. Some fauna sanctuaries keep koalas, and some people hold licences to care for injured wildlife (such as koalas) until they are ready to be released back into their natural environment.
How do people affect koalas?
People cut down the koalas' homes to make farms, logging, and urban houses. Urban sprawl leads to koalas killed on the road and attacked by pets. In the past, people hunted koalas and made them almost extinct; but laws were passed in the 1920s to protect koalas.
How do koalas hurt people?
Koalas do not hurt people in any way. Koalas usually avoid people, except when the dire need for water in a bushfire or heatwaves sends them automatically seeking water from people. People, on the other hand, hurt koalas in many ways. They introduce non-native species to destroy the habitat; they clear known koala bushland; they allow their unsupervised dogs to kill koalas and their unsupervised children to shoot them with air gun pellets.
Were koalas once worshipped?
No. Koalas have never been worshipped. Australia's indigenous people did not worship animals.
Can koalas have rabies?
Not at all. Koalas are native to Australia, and Australia is free of rabies.
How is a koalas skin like?
A koalas skin is covered with fur. Koalas have a woolly light to dark grey fur with brown and white patches and a cream belly.
How do koalas fly?
Koalas do not fly. The only truly flying mammal is the bat. Koalas do not even have gliding membranes like the various gliding possum species have.
Can you still get koalas?
Koalas still exist in the wild, but people may not "get" one. They are a protected native species in Australia.
What bears look most like teddy bears?
Previous answers have stated "koalas", but koalas are not bears.
