Do you know what animal can run as fast as a rabbit? This is insane but it’s the Koala! The koala is a marsupial from Australia. Some of its relatives are the wombat, kangaroos, wallabies and possums.
Appearance
Koalas are normally grey but sometimes brown. Their noses are in an oval shape. An adult Koala is 60 to 85 centimetres. A southern adult koala weighs 7 to 13 kgs and an adult northern koala weighs 4 to 15 kgs. Their claws are sharp and long to climb and grip trees. Koalas live for 13-18 years in the wild.
Diet
The koala diet is pretty crazy. They eat something that’s poisonous for other animals. That is the eucalyptus leaf. Commonly known as gum tree leaves. The gum tree is native to Australia. The adult koala eats between 200 to 500 grams of leaves a day. As the eucalyptus leaf is very toxic and low in nutrition it takes a lot of energy to digest so the Koala sleeps for 22 hours a day.
Koalas are native to Australia and live in the states of Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria in eucalyptus forests. The koala’s habitat is being destroyed by humans clearing forests to build housing and farming. This causes loss of food that makes them stressed. When koalas are stressed are vulnerable to outbreaks of the disease chlamydia.
Habitat
In conclusion, humans should know when to stop destroying the habitat so the native animals like koalas can survive and maybe become everyday pets.
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