I ntroduction ☺ Kingdom : Animal ☺ Class: Mammalia ☺ Family : Phascolarctidae ☺ Native : Australia ☺ nickname: Native Bear ( joeys) ☺ Found in: Victoria and South Australia
Physical Features ☺ Small furry ears ☺ Large black nose ☺ Little mouth ☺ weighs 4–15 kg ☺ Little black squinty eyes. ☺ Big nails on their hands and feet. ☺ koala is very small when it's just born. ☺ Adult koala generally grows to 25 - 30 inches .
Lifespan ☺ They live for 20 or more years. . ☺ They breed in the summer. ☺ They run as fast as a rabbit. ☺ The koala is blind when it's born. ☺ The koala stays in the mother's pouch for 5 months. ☺ Baby koala may weigh less than half a kg at birth.
Habitant and Climate ☺ They live in cold areas but not too cold. ☺ They like Australia because they have more forests. ☺ The koala only eats Eucalyptus leaves, it smells like the leaves. ☺ The koala will eat 2.5 pounds of food a day. ☺ Koalas sleep for up to 20 hours a day in the eucalyptus trees.
Food and Prey ☺ They don’t have prey. ☺ They are herbivores. ☺ They also drink milk. ☺ Their predators are dingoes. ☺ The koala eats eucalyptus leaves.
Behavior ☺ Koalas do not live in families. ☺ The koala when it gets in its tree they stay there. ☺ The koala scratches its tree to remember the tree. ☺ When the koala dies they have to wait a year until it takes the tree. ☺ koala is smart and stays in their tree because they are slow on ground.
Fun Facts ☺ Koalas don’t have nests ☺ Males are larger than females ☺ When koalas aren't eating they are sleeping ☺ They wrap themselves into a ball when they sleep