A koala is not a strange animal, but it certainly has some unique characteristics.
Koalas are unique because they live in eucalyptus trees and eat only a few types of gum leaves from which they get all nutrients and water requirements. Eucalyptus leaves are tough, toxic and low in nutrition, but the koala has developed a stomach which is capable of removing the toxins from where they are filtered out by the liver. The caecum completes the process by changing the eucalyptus leaves into digestible nutrients. The caecum is similar to the human appendix.
Koalas are marsupials, and they are unique for having a backward-facing pouch. They are also unique because, once the young joeys are about 30 weeks old, the mother produces a substance called pap. This substance is actually a specialised form of the mother's droppings which, having passed through her digestive system, give the joey the enzymes it needs to be able to start digesting the tough gum leaves, making an easier transition for the baby koala to start eating eucalyptus leaves.
Koalas have very strong claws suitable for gripping trees and climbing. Between their first and second "fingers" is a large gap, which enables them to also grip tree branches comfortably, whilst their hind legs have one toe set at a wide angle. Like humans, they also have unique fingerprints, and are one of very few mammals to do so.
Yes. The koala is the animal emblem of Queensland.
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The animal is the Koala
The bear is not an Australian animal. Most read 'koala bear', right? But it is just 'koala'.
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Yes. The female koala has an abdominal pouch.
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The sloth or the koala.
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Her favorite animal is the koala!
None. Koala are the only animal in their family, which is the Phascolarctidae family.
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