By TAYYAB ISMAT

KOALA BEAR

Introduction ☺ Kingdom: Animal ☺ Class: Mammalia ☺ Family: Phascolarctidae ☺ Native: Australia  ☺ nickname: Native Bear (joeys)☺ Found in: Victoria and South Australia

Physical Features☺ Small furry ears☺ Large black nose☺ Little mouth ☺ weighs 4–15 kg☺ Little black squinty eyes.☺ Big nails on their hands and feet.☺ koala is very small when it's just born. ☺ Adult koala generally grows to 25 - 30 inches.

Lifespan ☺ They live for 20 or more years. . ☺ They breed in the summer. ☺ They run as fast as a rabbit. ☺ The koala is blind when it's born.☺ The koala stays in the mother's pouch for 5 months. ☺Baby koala may weigh less than half a kg at birth.

Habitant and Climate☺ They live in cold areas but not too cold.☺ They like Australia because they have more forests.☺ The koala only eats Eucalyptus leaves, it smells like the leaves. ☺ The koala will eat 2.5 pounds of food a day.☺ Koalas sleep for up to 20 hours a day in the

eucalyptus trees.

Food and Prey☺ They don’t have prey.☺ They are herbivores.☺ They also drink milk.☺ Their predators are dingoes.☺ The koala eats eucalyptus leaves.

Behavior☺ Koalas do not live in families.☺ The koala when it gets in its tree they stay there.☺ The koala scratches its tree to remember the tree.☺ When the koala dies they have to wait a year until it takes the tree.☺ koala is smart and stays in their tree because

they are slow on ground.

Fun Facts☺ Koalas don’t have nests ☺ Males are larger than females☺ When koalas aren't eating they are sleeping☺ They wrap themselves into a ball when they sleep

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