Baby koalas (joeys) are born after a gestation period of just 35 days. After birth, the tiny, blind, hairless, bean-sized koala embryo emerges and moves into its mother's pouch, purely by instinct. At this stage it weighs about half a gram. Once in the mother's pouch, it then latches onto a teat, which swells in its mouth, securing it firmly so it does not fall out of the pouch. The koala baby, called a joey, feeds only on mothers' milk for 6-7 months.
To make the transition from mothers' milk to eucalyptus leaves, at about 6-7 months the joey begins to feed on "pap", which is actually a special form of the mother's droppings through which she can pass onto her joey the micro organisms which allow for digestion of eucalyptus leaves. No other animal lives solely on gum leaves, and special proteins are needed to digest them. One of the reasons the koala has a backward-opening pouch is so that the joey can stick its head out and feed on this pap which comes from the mother's own digestive system.
When the joey grows too large to fit in its mother's pouch, it still feeds a bit on mother's milk, lying on her stomach to feed, and spending the rest of its time firmly attached to her back. It only leaves "home" when the next breeding season starts.
Koalas only go though a stage of dormancy or hibernation during their embryo state. In adulthood Koalas do no hibernate.
Koalas and pandas do not look alike at all.
No. Finding eucalyptus trees is instinctive for koalas.
Koalas have an acute sense of smell. It is believed that this strong sense of smell lures the newborn embryo into the mother's pouch.
Koalas live a mainly solitary life. They do not look after each other, except in the case of a mother caring for her joey.
Previous answers have stated "koalas", but koalas are not bears.
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Koalas have woolly light to dark grey fur with brown and white patches and a cream belly. Southern koalas are darker in colour than their northern counterparts and have longer fur.
Adult koalas are simply called koalas.
No, koalas live in Australia. Australians are very protective of their koalas, and leave very few into zoos. In fact, I think there might be NO koalas in zoos; that would be a fun topic to look up. =) Hope this helped!
Koalas are not primates. Koalas are marsupials.