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
Annotations:
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
Annotations:
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