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Koalas, soft fluff, innocent eyes, funny clumsy movements, just like the plush dolls in the toy store, very cute, known as "the cutest animal in the world".
The koala is native to Australia and is a local national treasure. It is said that koalas need an average of 18 hours of sleep a day, so they look simple and honest.
Characteristics of koalas.
Koalas are fat, with messy and thick fur, and no tails.
An adult koala is about 70 to 80 centimeters long and weighs about 10 kilograms. The body is light gray to light yellow, with a brighter color around the abdomen. The nose is large and round, the head is round, the hair on the ears is fluffy, and the forelegs are fluffy.
The habits of koalas.
Residential behavior.
Koalas are solitary animals, with males occupying fixed nesting areas. The size of the nesting area correlates with the abundance of the habitat.
Life characteristics.
Koalas spend most of their time in trees and almost their entire lives in eucalyptus. It sleeps most of the day, forages less than 10% of the time, and spends most of the rest sitting still.
Food.
Koalas almost never go down to drink water, they feed on eucalyptus leaves, and can eat a lot of eucalyptus leaves every day, and they digest well.
Koala teeth are suitable for handling eucalyptus leaves. Using their molars, they chewed the leaves into a fine paste, which was then microbially fermented in the caecum.
An adult koala eats about 500 grams of fresh leaves a day. Although koalas have more than 600 species of eucalyptus to choose from, they only feed on about 30 of them.
Breeding method.
Koalas practice an extensive "polygamous" mating system. The gestation period is approximately 35 days, with only one pup per litter, and are delivered in the summer (November to March).
Activity.
Koalas are nocturnal animals. It usually sleeps during the day when the weather is hot and starts moving mostly at night. It only makes an exception when foraging for food during the day or having reasonably good shade.
Australians see Australia's unique animals as one of the important tourism resources, and koalas are the most famous tourism ambassadors. In addition, the lifelike koala toy is also a unique tourist souvenir in Australia.
Koalas are docile, slow-moving and never threaten other animals.
It's funny, charming, and an endearing animal to watch.