CBS News: Orphaned baby koala finds comfort in stuffed animal after mom's tragic death
Orphaned baby koala finds comfort in stuffed animal after mom's tragic death
BEERWAH, Australia, Sept. 20 (UPI) --A baby koala at a zoo in Australia bonded with a stuffed animal after its mother was killed in a car accident. Australia Zoo Wildlife Warriors shared video of ...
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This orphaned koala found comfort in a stuffed animal after losing his mother
WINK NEWS: Orphaned baby koala hugs stuffed animal after mom’s tragic death
Koalas may look sleepy and cuddly, but these iconic Australian animals survive on toxic leaves, can bolt at 30km/h and have a surprising knack for predicting the weather. In the Australian bush, koalas rarely drink water as they get most of the H20 they need from eating fresh eucalyptus leaves.
The koala (Phascolarctos cinereus), sometimes inaccurately called the koala bear, is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia. It is the only extant representative of the family Phascolarctidae. Its closest living relatives are the wombats.
Though sometimes called a koala bear, the koala is not a bear. The koala is actually a type of tree-dwelling marsupial, with a backwards-facing pouch, like wombats.
Koalas are marsupials, related to kangaroos. Most marsupials have pouches where the tiny newborns develop. A koala mother usually gives birth to one joey at a time. A newborn koala is only...
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