Isaac Knight
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CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
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Thursday, May 31, 2012
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Australian Animal Fact File
KOALA
Koalas are marsupials; newborn koalas—called
joeys—continue to develop in their mothers' pouches.
People used to hunt koalas for their fur. Now
strict laws protect them from hunters, but their habitat is not protected, and
it is disappearing as land is developed.
More than four-fifths of original
koala habitat has been destroyed. People are trying to save what is left.
Koalas spend as many as 18 hours a day napping and
resting.
The word koala may come from an Aboriginal word
meaning no drink.
Thousands of koalas are killed
each year by cars and dogs.
They are not bears.
Koalas are found in the wild only
in the forests of eastern
Australia.
Koalas have their own built-in
cushion! The fur on a koala's
bottom is extra thick
so that the koala can
comfortably rest in trees.
Fossils of 12 different extinct species of koala have been found. These extinct koalas were much larger than the ones today. They were like giant koalas!
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