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Do koalas sleep all winter

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Anonymous

∙ 13y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

No. Koalas do not hibernate at all - not even for short periods. Australia's winters are mild enough that no native mammal hibernates, except for the Mountain Pygmy Possum of the alpine areas.

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