Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Koalas
- Habitat
- Australia
Anmerkungen:
- If you ever head to Australia, here's a website of where to visit koalas!
https://www.savethekoala.com/about-koalas/where-to-see-koalas-australia
- Forest Regions
- High up in trees
- Also lives in low woodlands
and coastal islands
- Social Structure
- Extremely Lazy
- Slow Metabolism
- 18-22 hours of
doing nothing
- Sleep
- Aggressive
- Hate others invading
their territory
- Bite each other
- Seen in small squabbles
- Isolated
- All have 1 tree to
themselves
- Only interact when
looking for food
- Humans and Koalas
- Highways
Anmerkungen:
- An article posted 6 months ago regarding a highway being built that could potentially kill up to 200 koalas.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/koala-deaths-pacific-highway-australia_us_57c1e281e4b085c1ff29a9f6
- Highways intrude on habitats
- Cars strike many Koalas
out looking for food
- Pets
- Illegal for people to
keep koalas as pets
- No reports of people
being attacked by them
- Fur coats
- Koalas fur used to make
coats for humans
- Thick fur provides
warmth in coats
- Feeding
- Spend 5 hours a day eating
- Mainly at night
- Eucalyptus Trees
Anmerkungen:
- Watch the cute koala eat the Eucalyptus leaves :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_afJJF1LmQ
- Chew on leaves for long time to
turn into pasty substance
- Have little nutritional value
- High in fiber
- Low in protein