What do baby koalas do when they are born?

Answer 1

Baby koalas, called joeys, spend the first six months or so in their mother's pouch, much as a baby develops in its mother's uterus. At about eight months, it may crawl out and spend its time clinging to its mother's back, where it stays until it is about 12 months old.

Answer 2

35 days after conception, the tiny, blind, hairless 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.

Answer 3

Baby koalas (known as joeys) crawl from the birth canal into the mother's pouch. Once in the pouch, the joey latches onto a teat which swells in its mouth. This helps to secure the joey in place so it is not easily dislodged while it continues its growth and development for the next few months.

Answer 4

Immediately after birth, a koala joey is a tiny, hairless embryo about the size of a bean. This tiny, helpless joey crawls to the mother's backward-opening pouch by instinct, lured by the smell of mothers' milk, where it stays for many months.

Answer 5

The birth of a baby koala is non-eventful. Female koalas give birth high up in eucalyptus trees, in relative safety. As koalas are marsupials, their young are extremely small at birth - about the size of a bean - and they then make their way by instinct, and lured by the smell of mothers' milk, to the rear-facing pouch. Here, the joey latches onto a teat which swells in its mouth, securing it in place for the next few months while it continues its development.

Answer 6

After they leave their mother's pouch, koala joeys remain with their mother for several more months, clinging firmly to the mother's back.