Koalas by Helena

CHARACTERISTICS

• Gray fur
• Black nose
• Brown eyes

HABITAT

• Forest
• Australia
• Eucalyptus forest

DIET

• Dose not drink water
• Eucalyptus leaves
• Dirt

LIFE CYCLE

• Males mate at 3-4years
• Females mate at 2-3years
• Baby weigh 5.5 grams

INTERESTING FACT 1

• Koalas have special hands and feet
• Eucalyptus leaves are poisonous but koalas can eat up to 1/2 pounds
• Koalas are not lazy when it comes to findingfood
• Koalas eat a little bit of dirt to help digest the food

INTERESTING FACT 2

• Koalas are born the size of a Nikel
• Koalas don’t have predictor’s

INTERESTING FACT 3

• The new born baby stays in the pouch for a long time
• It only takes 30day’s for a koala to be born

INTERESTING FACT 4

• Koalas can eat up to 1/2 pounds of eucalyptus leaves that will give the koala lots of water and i won’t drink water for a long time

INTERESTING FACT 5

• Koalas may look soft and cuddly but under the fur koala’s have a lot of mussels and when I say a lot I mean a lot

INTERESTING FACT 6

• Balayage koalas eat pap to help grow strong and healthy before it comes out of the pouch
• Pap is a other way of saying koala poop

INTERESTING FACT 7

• Koalas are 2 ft tall and weigh 11 pounds or 5 kilo