Lazy Marsupial By: LRBy: LR

•Small earsSmall ears•Big Big nosesnoses

•Not good visionWeighs Weighs between 10 to between 10 to 30 pounds30 pounds

Some are 3 Some are 3 feet most are feet most are 2 feet2 feet

ears

nose

Physical Physical FeaturesFeaturesSmall furry earsSmall furry ears

Large black noseLarge black noseLittle mouth Little mouth Their chest is whiteTheir chest is whiteThe rest of their body is The rest of their body is

grayishgrayishBig nails on their hands and Big nails on their hands and

feetfeetLittle black squinty eyesLittle black squinty eyes

Koalas can’t live much longer because 80 Koalas can’t live much longer because 80 percent of the habitat is lost. percent of the habitat is lost.

People are cutting down their treesPeople are cutting down their treesThey are making houses/malls/golf courses They are making houses/malls/golf courses

and roadsand roads People are not caring for koalas People are not caring for koalas

Koalas can Koalas can live up to live up to 17 years in 17 years in expectancy expectancy male koalas male koalas live up to 10 live up to 10 yearsyears

•Koalas live in Koalas live in AustraliaAustralia

•They live in cold They live in cold areas but not too areas but not too coldcold

They like They like eucalyptus treeseucalyptus trees

They like They like Australia Australia because they because they have more have more forestsforests

Queensland is Queensland is notnot good for good for koalas because it koalas because it is too hotis too hot

landformslandformsThe koala mostly lives in the The koala mostly lives in the forestforest

The koala lives in the northern The koala lives in the northern and western Australiaand western Australia

Koalas live in the coldest part of Koalas live in the coldest part of Australia they like to be coldAustralia they like to be cold

Koalas never like to be hot!Koalas never like to be hot!

Food and PreyFood and PreyThe koala eats eucalyptus leavesThe koala eats eucalyptus leaves

•They don’t have preyThey don’t have prey

•They are herbivoresThey are herbivores

•They also drink They also drink milkmilk

•Their predators Their predators are dingoesare dingoes

behaviorbehaviorThe koala is smart and stays in their tree because they are slow on ground Dingoes are fast and they can eat koalasKoalas are mainly nocturnal because it’s cooler out at nightKoalas do not live in families

The koala when it gets in its The koala when it gets in its tree they stay theretree they stay there

The koala scratches its tree to The koala scratches its tree to remember the treeremember the tree

The other koala can’t take the The other koala can’t take the treetree

When the koala dies they have When the koala dies they have to wait a year until it takes the to wait a year until it takes the treetree

ReproductionReproductionA koala as a baby is called a JoeyWhen it is born it cant hear and it has no furThe size of when it is born is a size of a kidney

beanMale koalas make a bellowing sound to attract

females

Physical Adaptations

It can get windy up in the trees but koalas have thick fur to keep them warm. It is called insulating ability

Each paw has five digits to help it grip the trees

Rough pads on the palms and soles help it to grip tree trunks

On the hind paw, there is no claw on the biggest digit and the third digits are fused together to form a double-clawed digit which is used for grooming purposes, such as for removing ticks.

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Behavioral AdaptationsKoalas like to sleep a Koalas like to sleep a

lot but when they need lot but when they need food they climb 150 food they climb 150 feet to get the leavesfeet to get the leaves

They may even leap They may even leap through the air to get through the air to get to a new tree to get to a new tree to get leavesleaves

They make billowing They make billowing sounds to attract sounds to attract femalesfemales

They keep their tree as They keep their tree as their home because their home because there are not a lot of there are not a lot of trees available to them.trees available to them.

Physiological Physiological AdaptationsAdaptationsThey have bad vision They have bad vision

so they rely on their so they rely on their hearinghearing

Its body is lean and muscular and its long, strong limbs support its weight when climbing

Fun FactsFun FactsWhen koalas aren't eating they are When koalas aren't eating they are

sleepingsleepingKoalas don’t have nests Koalas don’t have nests They wrap themselves into a ball They wrap themselves into a ball

when they sleepwhen they sleep•Males are larger Males are larger than femalesthan females