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Baby koalas (joeys) drink mother's milk during their first 6-7 months of life. After 30 weeks, the mother produces a substance called pap. This substance is actually a specialised form of the mother's droppings which, having passed through her digestive system, give the joey the enzymes it needs to be able to start digesting the tough gum leaves, making an easier transition for the baby koala to start eating eucalyptus leaves.
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What does a koala require?
eucalyptus and special diet
What is a keas diet?
mixed diet
What is the koala's main food course?
Most of a koala's diet consists of eucalyptus leaves. While the foliage of over 600 species of Eucalyptus is available, the koala shows a preference for around 30.
Does diet soda can cause premature babies?
It hasn't been proven that drinking diet soda causes premature babies.
What is the most expensive zoo diet to feed?
Well, in Albuquerque, the koala is the most expensive animal diet to feed! ($20,000 a year!)
What is a mixed diet?
a diet where we are eating junkfood and healthy food together is called mixed diet
What is a healthy diet to help you get pregnant?
I usually start with about 2 to 3 newborn babies a day. After that I mostly stick to grapefruit and complex carbs.
What are the dingos diet?
dingos mosty eat rabbits, mice and sometimes koala bears
The leaves of the eucalytusb tree are the staple diet of witch Australian marsupial?
They are the staple food of the Koala.
What are some of the differences between a koala and human digestive system?
The different is that the human start they digestive system from the mouth and not the stomach. And also the human have other organs in the body that can breaks down or absorb the food into nutrient like carbohydrates protein and fats. But the koala doesn't have any organs that helps them.
Why should a rabbit be fed a mixed diet?
Because it balances the rabbits diet.
What is the name of an Australian arboreal marsupial whose diet consists almost entirely of eucalyptus leaves?
a KOALA?
