1. By: Ethan Bowman and Mara Bardales

2. Habitat  ONLY Eastern Australia

3. Characteristics  Diet-Herbivore (Eucalyptus leaves)  Size-15-30lbs, 2ft long  Climate-hot, dry, and light  Housing-in trees  Relation-Humans are only predator  Reproduction Age-females: 2 years old, Males: 3-4 years old Offspring-1, rarely twins are born Frequency-every year Gestation period-34-36 days  Pack?-no, a loner

4. Interesting facts  Can reduce blood flow to conserve heat  Will shiver when its below 10 degrees  Use “evaporative cooling” in their airways to cool themselves  Can reduce the amount of water in urine to reduce water loss

5. Why its endangered  Over hunting in the 1900’s  Habitat destruction

6. World Population  40,000** estimated

7. Conservation Effort  The Australian government leaves it up to the separate principalities to decide what to do ○ Some of the principalities don’t want to admit that the Koala is endangered  Only one principality has done anything to help

8. Organizations  Australian Koala Foundation (AKF)  National Koala act

9. QUIZ 1. Where are Koalas located? 2. What do they eat? 3. Is a Koala Bear actually a bear? 4. How do they conserve heat? 5. Why is the Koala endangered?

10. Works Cited  http://koalas.org/koala-info.html http://koalas.org/koala-info.html  http://www.valdosta.edu/~acforres/topic. html http://www.valdosta.edu/~acforres/topic. html  http://www.pocanticohills.org http://www.pocanticohills.org  http://www.wildlifewatchers.org/esReport s/report33.html http://www.wildlifewatchers.org/esReport s/report33.html