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- Koala’s prefer a warm climate; 20 to 30 degrees, with little or no wind where they can browse in the mid to upper canopy of their favourite trees and snooze in the sun
- Koalas sleep between 18 and 22 hours a day in order to conserve energy. Koalas, especially females with joeys, more frequently use trees less than 5 metres
- Trees with low branching habits are preferred
- From about six months the Joey starts popping its head outside the pouch. At this time it begins feeding on a substance called “pap” which the mother produces in addition to milk. Pap is a specialized form of soft and runny faeces, or droppings, which allows the mother to pass on to the Joey micro-organisms, which are essential for the digestion of gum leaves
- The koala’s digestive system is especially adapted to detoxify the poisonous chemicals in the leaves. The Koala, the Greater Glider and the Ringtail Possum are the only mammals, which can survive on a diet of eucalyptus leaves.