Koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus), namely the koala, Australia is a kind of
special marsupial, the world only distributed in the eastern part of Australia
Queensland, new south wales and Victoria low altitude area, and not crowded in
Eucalyptus. English called Koala is Australian aboriginal dialects.
Introduction
Koala is from Australia peculiar
precious original arboreal animals, distributed in southeastern Australia
eucalyptus tree forest, belong to mammals have bag koala section. It disposition gentle, simple and
honest, which is very popular, Koala is also known as the koala, koala bear, koala, sloth bear, but it
is not ursidae animals. And they are very far, ursidae belong to carnivora,
koalas belong to marsupialia.
Habits: the koalas for tree animals koalas in eucalyptus leaves and shoots
for food, and almost never drink, this is because the koalas from eucalyptus
leaves have enough moisture, therefore, general rarely drinking water, so the
local people call it "g Waller," means "water". But it also and its living
environment related, Australia land is poor, so eucalyptus intake of nutrients
is less, and koala is in this tree for food, naturally, koalas from eucalyptus
for energy is relatively scarce, therefore, they must be to reduce their
activity, to store more heat, and help them survive, koalas like sun, often on
the tree did not move.
Koalas live alone, they live in the
life most of the time of eucalyptus, but occasionally because change perched
trees or swallowed help digestion gravel down to the ground. Koalas through the
humming and grunt communication, also can send out by the smell of the signal.
During the day, koalas usually turn
up as a group in the habitat of eucalyptus, evening just go out activities
along the branches, climbing up and down, looking for eucalyptus to appease
hunger. It have a
large appetite, the road is narrow, the eucalyptus don't eat. Although
Australia has more than 300 kinds of eucalyptus, koalas only eat one of the 12.
It is especially like to eat rose eucalyptus, dew eucalyptus and spot
eucalyptus leaves. An adult koalas can eat every day about 1 kg of eucalyptus
leaves. Eucalyptus juice much taste sweet, contains eucalyptol and water fennel
terpene, therefore, koalas, always sending out a kind of fragrant scent of
eucalyptus fragrance.
Two centuries ago, in the east coast
of Australia eucalyptus forest area, about 10 million koalas live. However, the
hunters to get koala fur for selling, the wreaks killing, east coast in the
south part of the region, koalas nearly extinct.
Called on everyone to protect
animals, love animals.
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