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the eucalyptus junkie that sleeps 22 hours to digest its own toxic diet
means A small, tree-dwelling Australian marsupial with thick grey fur, round ears, and a spoon-shaped nose, which feeds almost entirely on eucalyptus leaves.
from From the Dharug word 'gula' (sometimes rendered 'kula' or 'koola'), an Aboriginal language of the Sydney region, borrowed into English in the early 19th century. The popular story is that the name means 'no water' or 'no drink' — because koalas get most of their moisture from leaves — but this is a folk etymology and almost certainly not true. The 'bear' in 'koala bear' is just a settler's wishful nickname; koalas are marsupials, no relation to bears at all.
- not a bear
- It's a marsupial, related to wombats not bears
- unique prints
- Fingerprints nearly identical to human ones
- chlamydia crisis
- Disease ravages wild populations, threatening survival
- tiny brain
- Smooth, shrunken brain to save scarce energy
- baby food
- Joeys eat mother's special poop called pap
burrung the koala — rescued from bushfires in new south wales, australia in 2020 and became a symbol of wildlife rescue
san diego zoo koalas — breeding program in california since 1987 with over 30 koalas born in captivity