Koala
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Phascolarctos cinereus |
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Koalas only lived in Australia. People in Australia call the koala, native bear, Also pocket bear. Body length of the koala is 60~80cm. Most of koala's body weight is Male=10.5kg Female=8.2kg, approximately. Koalas are not primates, but they have a fingerprint.their tails are too short to can be exposure. One of the particular features is a big nose.There is pouch in their mouth and stomach. The stomach one is for baby. They have big, flatfeet. They don't have foot nail but they grip things well. The hair of them is soft and dense.The hair where the inside of ears especially long than the other parts are. The colors of hair are different depends on where the koala lives in, Gray to Brown.Koala inhabits in eucalyptus forest. They spend most of life on a tree. They take sleeping about 20 hours in a day, and they eat last hours of a day. The koala's main food is eucalyptus leaves. Their pregnancy period lasts about 25~30 days, lays one baby at one time. Koalas Life Span is usually 16~20 years, but if they get stressed frequently, they don't live that long. They have meek personality. However, people kill them to get fur of them recently, now the koalas are under the protection system. The most population of koala is located in southeast part of Australia. I think we cannot imagine about God's creative ability.[1]
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Anatomy
Reproduction
The koala usually mates on February to November. So they can mating anytime except for December and January. Because it's too cold. After mating, the koala pregnancy lasts about 30 days. When the young koala is ready to be born, the female sits on a branch. It is born without hair. Koalas are marsupials(=Any Australian animal that carries its young in a pocket of skin on the mother's stomach). The still developing koala must make a journey to it's mother's pouch after it's born. To do so, it has strong arms that grasp it's mother's fur as it makes it's way to the safety of her pouch. The baby koala is called a Joey. The Joey then attaches its mouth to it's mother's breast and get food from her. The baby remains in the pouch for about 5 months. The pouch is important in keeping the baby koala safe. After the 5 months in the pouch, the koala will get out of the pouch. It only goes back into the pouch if it feels unsafe or for sleeping. When the koala is 8 months old, it doesn't goes to the pouch anymore.[2]
Ecology
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These days, The poaching koala is way to exceed from limitation. Like this thing keeps happening, The koalas are going to be exterminated. The Australia's Government should notice this problem and keep preventing from hunting.
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References
- Taxonomy by Australian Koala Foundation
- [4] by Australian Koala Foundation
- [5] Introduction, Reproduction
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