Koalas

There is one main reason why humans can't eat koala meat: koalas are protected by law.

There are no health reasons why koalas cannot be eaten by humans, as the indigenous Australians ate them for thousands of years, before European settlement drove the Aborigines away from koala habitats.

Generally, Australia's climate is warm, and koalas thrive in warmer regions, but they are by no means restricted to warm areas alone. Koalas can be found in a range of climatic conditions, as long as they have their food requirements met. They are known to inhabit cooler areas of southern Australia, including sub-alpine regions, and extend north up the Queensland coast (sub-tropical, but not rainforests) and inland where the weather is hotter and drier.

They are found right along the eastern coast down to Victoria, and in pockets of eastern South Australia, where summer temperatures can exceed 40 degrees and winter temperatures drop to almost zero.

They are not found in alpine areas.

Koalas cannot be held in the wild, but many Australian zoos and sanctuaries have a section where koalas may be held or touched. Lone Pine in the suburb of Fig Tree Pocket, Brisbane, has koalas which are used to human contact, So does Australia Zoo, near Beerwah in Queensland.

Koala habitats are shrinking primarily because of increased urbanisation and housing developments. In the past, farming and agriculture destroyed many areas of koala habitation, but in recent times it is urban sprawl which creates the greatest threat.

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There is a difference in size for northern and southern koalas. Male koalas from the northern regions can grow to 740 mm, with a weight of 9 kg, whilst females can grow to 720 mm, with a mass of 7.25 kg.

Male southern koalas grow up to 820 mm with a mass of 15 kg, and females reach 730 mm and 11 kg in weight.

While it is impossible to tell exactly how many koalas die each year, the Australian Koala Foundation estimates that about 4000 koalas are killed each year by cars or dogs, largely the result of habitat loss and increased housing and industrial developments.

Koalas breed from September to February. Females breed from 2 years of age, although some only begin reproducing at age 3, while males breed from 3-4 years after they have established their own territory. Thirty-five days after mating, the female produces one joey weighing about 0.5 grams and about 2 cm long.

Koalas usually have just one joey per breeding season: twins are very rare. A female koala produces an average of 5-6 offspring in its lifetime.

Yes and no. Koalas live in complex social communities where there is a dominant male. Territorial disputes occur (and can be heard at night in suburban areas where koalas may live) when a younger male is trying to assert his dominance.

Koalas have a number of trees in their home range, which may overlap with other koalas' trees, but they can peacefully occupy the same tree within their range. Apart from that, although they live in communities, they do not have a great deal of interaction with each other, except during breeding season.

When a koala is first born, it is about the size of a jellybean and weighs around half a gram. Koala babies, which are called joeys (not 'cubs'), measure just 19 mm on average.

They grow quite quickly though and remain in their mother's pouch until about 22 to 24 weeks old. At the age of seven weeks they will have grown to about 26 mm and by 13 weeks their body weight will have increased to about 50 grams. At about 22 weeks old the joey will open its eyes for the first time and is able to poke its head out of the pouch and by 30 weeks old it will weigh half a kilo and will spent most of their time outside the pouch, clinging to the mother's stomach. By 36 weeks the joey will weigh about 1 kg (35 ounces) and no longer need to enter the pouch, although they will return to the mother's belly in cold, wet weather. At this stage, and until it leaves its mother in the next breeding season, it remain clinging firmly to the mother's back.

Yes, but it is not common. Koalas are protected, and the vast majority of people do not actively engage in killing koalas. Only those with no conscience might think killing koalas is good sport. Careless drivers also kill koalas when these creatures try crossing the road between trees in their home range.

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The Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is a marsupial mammal and is indigenous to Australia. Their closest relative is the wombat. They live in eucalyptus trees and eat only a few types of gum leaves from which they get all nutrients and water requirements. Eucalyptus leaves are tough, toxic and low in nutrition, but the koala has developed a stomach which is capable of removing the toxins from where they are filtered out by the liver. The caecum completes the process by changing the eucalyptus leaves into digestible nutrients. The caecum is similar to the human appendix. The koala must eat over a kilogram of leaves per day to meet its energy requirements. Eucalyptus leaves contain approximately 50% water, 18% fibre, 13% tannins, 8% fat, 5% carbohydrates, 4% protein and 2% minerals. Koalas have been seen feeding in 120 kinds of eucalypt tree including Manna Gum, Swamp Gum, Blue Gum, Forest Red Gum and Grey Gum.

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Koalas are generally placid creatures which like to mind their own business. They will run from a fight rather than confront an enemy. They are generally sedentary creatures, but when it comes to breeding season, males will engage in loud, territorial disputes.

Dingoes are opportunistic feeders, so they eat any prey they can catch. In the wild, koalas spend most of their time in trees, so it is unusual for a koala to become prey to a dingo. Also, dingoes do not generally inhabit the same areas as koalas in any great number if at all. Usually koalas are not troubled greatly by predators, and are more likely to be killed while crossing the road, or by being savaged by unrestrained domestic dogs.

Australia would be regarded as the Land of Kangaroos because, of the 65+ species of kangaroos that exist, almost all of them are native to Australia. Only some species of tree kangaroos are found outside Australia.

Koalas have a slow metabolism, so they do not require much exercise. They are agile climbers, but readily move between trees within their home range, walking on all fours.

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The question is purely academic because it is illegal to own a koala as a pet. Only certain animal sanctuaries and zoos can have koalas, with a special licence.

If koala ownership were legalised, there would be many starving koalas. Most people would not recognise the right sort of eucalyptus leaves a koala needs to feed on.