The koala has an acutely sensitive nose, which enables it to detect subtle scent differences between different species of gum trees.
Koalas eat for about 5 hours a day, living almost entirely on eucalypt leaves.
Koalas are herbivores and eat mainly eucalypt leaves, and some other plant species - they don't eat meat.
Koalas are indigenous to Australia and live in tropical to temperate eucalypt forest and woodlands and can be found along the eastern and south-eastern coastal regions. They live in eucalyptus trees and are mostly nocturnal and eat certain types of eucalypt leaves exclusively. Koalas are indigenous to Australia and live in tropical to temperate eucalypt forest and woodlands and can be found along the eastern and south-eastern coastal regions. They live in eucalyptus trees and are mostly nocturnal and eat certain types of eucalypt leaves exclusively.
Apart from some zoos capable of feeding and caring for them, Koalas are only found in Australia. Koalas are indigenous to Australia and live in tropical to temperate eucalypt forest and woodlands and can be found along the eastern and south-eastern coastal regions. They live in eucalyptus trees and are mostly nocturnal and eat certain types of eucalypt leaves exclusively.
Koalas spend up to 20 hours per day sleeping and the rest eating, due mostly to their low nutritional diet of eucalypt leaves.
Yes. As long as the eucalypt forests are maintained for their habitat
Koalas do not, and cannot, live in the desert. Koalas need access to gum trees. Their habitat is eucalypt woodland and bushland, but of the several hundred species of eucalyptus ("gum trees"), koalas prefer about 60 varieties, with their specific preferences being limited to a couple of dozen.
Koalas live in tropical to temperate eucalypt forest and woodlands and can be found along the eastern and south-eastern coastal regions. They live in eucalyptus trees and are mostly nocturnal and eat certain types of eucalypt leaves exclusively. They curl up into a ball to keep warm and spread out to keep cool.
Koalas are found in any eucalypt forest along the eastern coast. Some of this bushland lies in hilly or mountainous countryside; some of it is on flat countryside. Koalas are less restricted by topography than by the availability of their preferred eucalyptus trees.
Koalas eat an average of 500 g (18 oz) of eucalypt leaves each day.
Neither. Koalas typically inhabit open eucalypt woodlands, and the leaves of these trees make up most of their diet.
Koalas in the north have woolly light grey fur. The difference between the northern koalas and those found in the south is that southern koalas have darker grey fur tinged with brown.