Koala Facts

Koalas are mammals that look like tiny bears. But really a Koala isn't an kind of bear specie, it is just a pouched animal. I got my topic from one of my friends, her name is Kayla. This topic is important to me because koalas are endangered species, and it was a topic I never researched.The average koala has a life span of 20 years, and weighs around 20 pounds. Common colors of a koala are grey and white. Koalas live in Australia. Koalas are very indolent creature; they sleep up to 18 hours. There diets are strange, they are herbivores, and they drink from the moisture of leaves. The food koalas eat most are eucalyptus leaves. They eat these leaves so much that they even store some in their pouch for later. Since their digestive system is long, it helps them to break down the large consumptions of the poisonous leaves they eat everyday. This diet has made koalas smell like a cough drop. An interesting fact about new born koalas is that once they are born they are no bigger than a jelly bean. Yes that small. Also, a mother koala is only pregnant for 35 days, a little over a month. Eventually the baby koala will leave its mothers pouch. The koala species have been endangered greatly. After the 1920's, when koalas were hunted for their fur, the koala population hit a low point. Over the years their population has increased, but they still get killed by cars and dogs. All in all, koalas are very limited, and fascinating creatures that deserve to live. Almost all of the information above was found at the National Geographic website.