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Calm Koalas By: Kelsey Cropper
Sleeping and Other Habits
Koalas are very picky about what they eat.
They are nocturnal and sleep for eighteen hours a day.
The baby’s are the size of a jellybean and takes about five minutes to get to its mother’s pouch.
When Koalas are older they ride piggy back or on its mother’s stomach.
Species and Original Homes
The largest is the Victoria and it lives in South Australia
The second largest is the New South Wales and it live in Southern Australia.
The smallest is the Queensland and it lives in Northern Australia.
This is the Victoria koala.
This is the New South Wales koala.
This is the Queensland.
Features {looks}
Koalas have a stubby tail are pear shaped and chubby.
They have two thumbs and three fingers on each hand.
The females have a pouch have a pouch that opens upside down
Disappearances
Koalas have been killed or forced into different places.
They have been forced into human places.
They have been killed by motorists who don’t expect koalas their.
More Habitats
One of the koala habitats can be in parks or hospitals.
The other habitat is the wild.
People are chopping down the trees so koalas are losing their original habitat.
Amazing Facts
Some koala fossils were dated 20 million years old.
They eat eucalypt leaves and pretty much nothing else.
The closest relative is the wombat.
This is the closest living relative.
This is the eucalyptus tree
Bibliography
Feney, Kathy koalas. Mineoka: Garth Stevens, 2000. Print
“Koala.” National Geographic. Web, 16 April 2015.
This is the picture of the book that I used.
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