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Lesson 14
Learn more about koalas!
This animal is often called "koala bear," but this sweet
animal is not a bear at all; it is a marsupial, or pouched
mammal, it has a small bag to carry its babies. They are fat
and hairy, most of them are gray.
After birth, a female carries a single baby in its pouch for
about six months. When the baby koala grows, it rides on
its mother's back or stays in her stomach, accompanying
her everywhere until it is about a year old.
Koalas live in eastern Australia. They love eucalyptus trees.
In fact, they are always on these trees. During the day they
sleep up to 18 hours.
When not asleep a koala eats eucalyptus leaves, especially at night. Koalas do not
drink much water, they get it from the leaves. Each animal eats about two and a half
pounds (one kilogram) of leaves a day. They eat so many of these leaves that they
take on a unique odor from their oil.
Koalas need a lot of space—about 100 trees per animal, a pressing problem as
Australia's woodlands continue to reduce.
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