Koalas

Koalas live in eucalyptus trees and eat only a few types of gum leaves from which they get all nutrients and water requirements. If an area occupied by koalas becomes over-populated, they all starve, so they are relocated to an area with suitable habitat.

Judging by the tendency of many people to call these animals "koala bears", it would seem that many cultures erroneously view the koala as a bear, not a marsupial.

Ringtail possums and Greater gliders share the same niche as a koala. All of these animals are capable of living entirely on eucalyptus leaves, and they are primarily arboreal, or tree-dwelling. Koalas live in bushland, where a variety of other native Australian animals may live on the ground. These can include other species of possums and gliders, wallabies, wombats, quolls, bandicoots and echidnas, among other creatures. Birds include kookaburras, lyrebirds, scrub pheasants, tawny frogmouth, and parrots such as cockatoos, lorikeets, galahs, corellas and rosellas. Goannas and a variety of snakes are also common in this type of bushland.

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Koala joeys remain in the pouch for around six to seven months, where they feed on milk and develop fully. Between six and eight months, they gradually begin to feed on a substance produced by the mother, 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. This is the transition time when the koala begins to venture out of the mother's pouch.

After this age, the koala then is carried on its mother's back until the next joey is born in the following breeding season.

Koalas do not hibernate, but they do sleep for up to 20 hours per day.

They do not migrate either, as there is no need. Their food source remains constant throughout the year.

Do you know how many independent variables there are in this question? The size, weight, age, species, genus and diet of the koala. The weight and size of the chariot, the circumference of the wheels and the length of the rope. They can all change the answer. Please be more specific.

yes. just like every other animal on the planet, they excrete waste. Yes they have an anus which is the opening at the lower end of the digestive tract through which wastes are eliminated yes they do

Koalas, which are not bears, live only in Australia. Australia is a hot country, particularly in summer. Koalas do not live in any other countries.

when people cut down trees for new land or houses they could start cutting down a eucalyptus forest and affecting the habitat of a koala. this leaves less food and shelter.

Pap is a substance produced by a mother koala when her joey reaches around 28 to 30 weeks of age. Pap 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.

Koalas are currently not in danger of extinction. They are listed as "common" in Victoria and most of Queensland, and "vulnerable" in southeats Queensland and New South Wales. If nothing were done now, the new colony introduced on Kangaroo Island off South Australia's coast would still thrive, due to the island being protected, and there being no predators such as dogs on the island.

Just one. The genus of the koala is Phascolarctos.

That depends on several factors.

1. Your country of residence. If you do not live along (or visit) the eastern coast of Australia or Kangaroo Island you stand no chance of seeing a koala in its native habitat.

2. Your place of residence. Even within these areas, koalas are not everywhere. Most city-dwellers will never see a koala in the wild unless they go bushwalking through the native reserves and forests set apart within the cities.

3. Your powers of observation. Just looking up into a stand of eucalyptus trees will not give you a ready view of koalas, as they are extremely well camouflaged. However, there is a distinctive smell to an area with a solid koala population, and waiting and watching in such an area will yield results.

A personal observation - although a keen bushwalker, I have seen perhaps just five or six koalas in the wild in the past year. One was climbing a tree and froze at eye level as I approached, giving a very up-close and personal view.

No.

Koalas are protected, and the "deep south" is as civilised as the rest of the country.

Australia doesn't really have a "deep south", anyway.

No. That is a complete fallacy. Koalas have a very slow metabolism because that is what is needed for them to digest the eucalyptus leaves, but the eucalyptus does not contain anything that will make them "high".

Yes, they have an appendix. Also, said appendix is about two meters long.

Koalas eat between 300 grams and 500 grams of eucalyptus leaves every day.

Koalas have live births. They give birth like other animals but as they are marsupials their young are extremely small (bean-sized) so they grow up in the mother's pouch the same way a Kangaroo rears her young.

There is very little research on the colour vision specifically of koalas, but other research has identified that marsupials can see all the colours of the spectrum, and some types of marsupials can even detect ultraviolet, which people (and many animals) cannot see. Their eye structure has the necessary cones which allow the eye to see in full colour.

The female koala raises the joey. The male has no part at all in raising the young.

Well, almost all animals do that when they don't know you, so there scared to death so the pee.