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    Koalas are solitary animals found in eucalypt forests in Australia. They have thick fur, large ears, a leathery nose, and beady eyes. Koalas spend about 20% of their day eating leaves, flowers, fruit, and bark, and 80% sleeping. They breed in summer, with young being born after a month-long gestation and spending the first 13 weeks in their mother's pouch before becoming independent around 12 months. Koalas are now listed as vulnerable in some parts of Australia.

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    Koalas are solitary animals found in eucalypt forests in Australia. They have thick fur, large ears, a leathery nose, and beady eyes. Koalas spend about 20% of their day eating leaves, flowers, fruit, and bark, and 80% sleeping. They breed in summer, with young being born after a month-long gestation and spending the first 13 weeks in their mother's pouch before becoming independent around 12 months. Koalas are now listed as vulnerable in some parts of Australia.

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    Koalas are solitary animals found in eucalypt forests in Australia. They have thick fur, large ears, a leathery nose, and beady eyes. Koalas spend about 20% of their day eating leaves, flowers, fruit, and bark, and 80% sleeping. They breed in summer, with young being born after a month-long gestation and spending the first 13 weeks in their mother's pouch before becoming independent around 12 months. Koalas are now listed as vulnerable in some parts of Australia.

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    Koalas are solitary animals found in eucalypt forests in Australia. They have thick fur, large ears, a leathery nose, and beady eyes. Koalas spend about 20% of their day eating leaves, flowers, fruit, and bark, and 80% sleeping. They breed in summer, with young being born after a month-long gestation and spending the first 13 weeks in their mother's pouch before becoming independent around 12 months. Koalas are now listed as vulnerable in some parts of Australia.

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    Koalas are solitary animals found in cool temperate to tropical regions.

    They were
    once found throughout the eucalypt forests of Australia. They are protected as are
    all native Australian animals and they are now listed as a species vulnerable to
    extinction in NSW and Queensland. 

    View or download our factsheet explaining how we work for koalas.

    Appearance
    Koalas have thick fur for protection, large round furred ears, a large dark soft
    leathery nose and beady eyes. They have an acute sense of smell and hearing.

    Behaviour
    Koalas usually eat for about 20% of the day and sleep for the other 80%. They
    sleep in the forks of trees and feed mainly at night being most active at pre-dawn
    and dusk. A Koala’s diet includes a selection of leaves, flowers, fruit and bark of
    the Forest and Red gum in the north, the Manna, Grey and Swamp gum in the
    south. Preference may vary with the time of year or locality. Each animal eats
    about 1/2 a kilogram of leaves a day and obtains sufficient water from its food.
    They often make grunting sounds, bellows and can also make a continuous wailing
    sound. They are expert climbers, jumpers and when on the ground they can bound
    at a very fast pace.

    Breeding
    Koalas breed in summer and the young are born about a month after mating. A
    new born koala is the size of a bee and spends its first 13 weeks its mothers pouch
    which opens downwards and to the rear. Joeys leave the pouch at 7 months and
    then travel on their mother’s back, joeys will still return to the pouch to suckle.
    Joeys are fully weaned and independent by 12 months. Females become sexually
    mature at 2 years, males at 3-4 years.

    Rescuing Koalas
    If you find a sick, injured or orphaned koala please call WIRES Resc

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