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INTRO: Hola!!!!!!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~welcome to my awesome page of cute and cuddly , gray and white koalas. You will learn about what they eat, what there behavior is, and other things. 

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WHAT THEY EAT:  Koalas are fuzzy, gray and white bear-like animals. They live in the coastal region of eastern and south Australia, Queenland, New South Wales, and Victoria. Their main diet is eukalyptus leaves that are poisonus to many species. Eukalyptus leaves are very low in protein, so koalas must eat 1.5 lb a day to get enough protein. Koalas also don't drink water. 90% of their water comes from the leaves they eat. They also eat mistletoes and box leaves.

eukalyptus leaves                              box leaves                                        mistletoes

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  WHERE THEY LIVE AND THEIR LIFESPAND:  Koalas live in Queenland, Victoria, New South Wales, and Australia.Koalas can live to be 17 years old. Female koalas live longer than male koalas due to injuries from fights over territory and mates.

  KOALA CHARACTERISTICS:  Koalas are have soft, wooly fur. It is gray on the top and white on the bottom. Koalas can grow to be 17.4lb-26lb. Male koalas are usually 30.7 inches tall when female koalas are 28 inches tall. They can sleep for 16 hours a day and are nocternal animals.

 SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION: Common names of koalas are monkey bear, native bear, koala, and koalas bear. It's scientific name is:  Genus:Phascolartos

species:cinereus making it Phascolartos cinereus.

  KOALA THREATS: Many koalas are dying every day from threats such as car accidents, dog attacks, and killed for their pelts. This causes the koala population to decrease and almost puts koalas in the endangered species list.

Pouch Life

When a koala is first born, it stays in its mothers pouch and,  is 19mm in length and 0.5 lb . During 7-12 weeks,the koala will open its eyes and peek out of the mothers pouch. At 22-44 weeks, it grows it's first tooth. When the baby koala is 12 months old, it will leave its mother.

Did you know...

1) That very rarely, a koala can have twins.

2) Koalas have a powerful digestive system that can eat eukalyptus which are poisonus to humans.

3)The koalas fingerprints are very much like human fingerprints.

4)Koalas have a good sense of hearing and smell.

5)Koalas do not use fat under their skin to keep them warm.

6) Koalas are live alone and not in a family.

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         Kingdom-anmalia                           

        phylum-chordata

            class-mammalia

               order-diprotodonti

                  family-phascolarctidae               

                      genus-phascolarctos

                        species-p.areous 

        How long have koalas been on earth???????????

     Koala fossils found by scientists have been dated back to 25-40 million years ago.They are very rare and not many are found. John Price was the first european to describe koalas. Australians have also made many legends, myths, and stories about koalas. In 1816, the koala was given its scientific name Phascolarctos cinereus,which means"Ash grey pouched bear". Later in australia, people discovered that koala fur was very soft and would be worth a lot. They then began shooting many koalas for their pelts.In 1924, there were only 500 left of the koala species. By the 1930s, the goverment had put up a "protect the species force" which protected the koalas.

            Koala population 

~~~~~~~Area ~~~~~~~Estimate of how many

          Queenland------------------->50,000

   Victoria & South Australia--------->15,000

         New South Wales------------>15,000

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where i found my info   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koala

where i found my info  http://www.koalas.org/koala-info.html  From: Koalas - Australia's Ancient Ones by Ken Phillips

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