Last Wednesday we did go to Currumbin Zoo on the Gold Coast.
This is our second visit there and this time I liked the zoo more, which is easily explained by the smaller number of people eager to get a glimpse of real Australian animals. As a supporter of getting to know the local fauna in its natural habitat, I am not a big fan of zoos, but I must say that Currumbin Zoo creates a pleasant impression and gives a fairly complete picture of the wild inhabitants of the Green Continent.
Among all Australian animals, the most controversial for me is the koala.
I’ll explain why... A seemingly cute, cozy and eternally sleeping bear, in reality it turns out to be an evil, smelly, clawed drug addict, screaming like crazy at night, with wiry fur and an expressionless look.
It is not for nothing that in Australia there is a “belief” about the presence in the forests of the so-called “drop bear”, due to the presence of which it is strictly not recommended to put up tents under trees. Old-timers say that at night this creature jumps from above the tent, tears it to shreds with its powerful claws and kills its inhabitants. You can escape the attack by stuffing forks in your hair, smearing Vegemite or toothpaste on your ears, and conducting conversations in the intended habitat exclusively in English with an exaggerated Australian accent. 8))) By the way, in the Australian Museum in Sydney an entire section 8))) is dedicated to this mysterious beast
Jokes aside, the koala is really not such a cute little animal. If you meet him, he won’t kill you, but he will make you hold your nose. The fact is that they are unhurried animals, since their existence is “poisoned” by toxins contained in eucalyptus leaves.
Being constantly “high”, they lead a “immovable” lifestyle, especially in zoos, where food comes on its own, devoting 20 hours a day to sleep. Accordingly, the smell from feces is still around.
As for the “plushness” of koalas, if you pick them up, you find that their fur is hard and their claws are very sharp... The eyes of koalas have vertical pupils, which produces a strange and even, I would say, repulsive impression.
The devilish nature also manifests itself in behavior. People say that if you behave badly in this life, then in the next you will be born a female koala, which is brutally raped by the males during the breeding season.
While traveling around Australia, we spent the night several times in forests where koalas live. One night a roar was heard in the forest. If you are not aware of your position in space, then you might think that a pride of lions is grazing next to the tent... It was scary 8))) In the morning we were told that it was a male “teddy bear” growling.
Of course, like all animals, the baby koalas are very cute 8))) This time we had the pleasure of watching several “bears” “scurrying around” in the enclosure.
The koala is a herbivorous marsupial animal, it belongs to the koala family, the order of two-incisors. Koalas are mammals, they look like cubs in appearance, so Australian settlers called this animal the koala bear or sac bear. This name is still used today, although these animals have nothing in common with a bear.
The body length of the koala ranges from 60 to 80 cm, its weight is 5 - 15 kg. (depending on climate). The animals have a large round head and fluffy ears. They have rather long paws with tenacious claws. There is a papillary pattern on the koala's fingertips, its prints are similar to human ones. These “cubs” have thick gray or gray-brown fur and a lighter belly. Koalas do not have a tail. The paws of animals with fingers set to the side and sharp claws are perfectly adapted for climbing trees. The animals sleep on the tree and can hold onto the branches even with one paw.
The female koala has a pouch on her belly for her baby. These animals breed once every two years. There are more females than males, so during the mating season the male has a harem of 3-5 females. A newborn animal climbs into its mother’s pouch, where it is warm and has milk.
Koalas are nocturnal animals and live in trees. Calm and slow bears can sleep up to 20 hours during the day. But these animals can climb trees well, swim and deftly jump from tree to tree. In case of danger, the koala can gallop and quickly climb a tree.
Beautiful photos of the marsupial animal - koala:
Koalas live in eucalyptus forests, the leaves of which are eaten. These animals have adapted to feed exclusively on eucalyptus. It is fibrous and contains a lot of protein. But the disadvantage of this plant is that eucalyptus contains phenolic and terpene compounds that are poisonous to most animals. Besides koalas, the only animals that eat eucalyptus are the ring-tailed glider and the marsupial flying squirrel. There are many types of eucalyptus growing in Australia, but koalas only choose the edible ones. The animal eats up to one kilogram of leaves per day. Koalas do not drink water; they get it from eucalyptus leaves.
Local predators do not eat koalas, as their meat is soaked in eucalyptus. They can only be threatened by wild dogs. But slow and trusting koala bears have become easy prey for hunters. They were killed to obtain the thick, valuable fur of these animals. Koalas were also threatened by deforestation of eucalyptus forests and forest fires. All this led to a reduction in the number of animals. The Australian government has banned koala hunting and opened koala reserves. Now their population is gradually recovering thanks to free living in their natural habitat.
Video: Koala: what do we know about Marsupials?
Video: Koala Helps Her Frightened Baby
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Koala(English Koala, Latin Phascolarctos cinereus) is a tree-moving herbivorous marsupial that lives in Australia. The only representative of the Koala family.
Koalas live in coastal areas in eastern and southern Australia, from Adelaide to the southern part of Cape York Peninsula, as well as on Kangaroo Island, where they were introduced in the early 20th century. They are also common in regions with enough moisture to support forests suitable for koalas. South Australia's koalas were largely wiped out during the first half of the 20th century, but with the help of individuals from Victoria, the koala population in South Australia has been restored. This animal is not native to Tasmania or Western Australia.
Today we have prepared for you interesting facts about koalas, which will tell you about the amazing and funny marsupials that live in Australia.
Koalas are mistakenly called bears because of their external resemblance, although these animals have nothing to do with bears. The ancestors of koalas lived on Earth 34 million years ago.
The name koala comes from the Darak word gula, which was spelled koala in English. The Latin name of the koala genus comes from the Greek words for “bag” and “bear”.
Although the name koala has been erroneously translated as "an animal that does not drink water", koalas are now increasingly coming into contact with people in search of water, especially during forest fires.
The weight of an adult koala can reach 15 kg and height - 80 cm.
A baby koala spends the first six months of its life in its mother's pouch. A newborn baby weighs only 3-5 grams.
Koalas have absolutely no time for games and entertainment, because they spend about 18 hours a day resting. The rest of the time, at night, they look for food. Koalas lead a solitary lifestyle.
But, by the way, despite their slowness and clumsy appearance, koalas quickly jump from one tree to another. And they swim well when they have to escape from danger, or just to freshen up.
According to research, koalas have an excellent sense of smell, which is many times better than their vision. They can smell different types of eucalyptus trees, which contain different amounts of the toxin.
In Australia, with the development of infrastructure, the authorities decided to prevent the death of animals under the wheels of cars in an unusual way. Artificial vines connecting eucalyptus trees are stretched over the roads. Koalas willingly cross the road using these ropes.
Koala fingerprints are absolutely indistinguishable from human fingerprints, even when viewed under an electron microscope.
To prevent the baby in the mother’s pouch from getting hurt when the mother koala climbs trees, the “entrance” to her pouch is located not at the top, like a kangaroo’s, but at the bottom.
Although koalas are not aggressive animals, during the mating season the males start real wars among themselves and make loud noises.
In fact, in these times of disasters, when forest fires occur in the forests, koalas often come to people for water, as happened during the fires in Australia in 2009.
