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According to some websites, koala means "no drink" in Aboriginal language. According to Wikipedia, this is incorrect. If you look up the word koala in the Online Etymological Dictionary, it says "1808, from the Aboriginal name of the animal, variously given as koola, kulla, kula." However, it is true that koalas rarely drink water. They usually get enough water from their food. There was a picture recently (2009) in the news of a koala rescued from a wildfire in Australia that was given water from a bottle and accepted it, but the fire would have made the koala thirsty and in need of water.
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