1. By: AH

2. Physical Features  Big, with gray and white, thick, fuzzy fur  Face is round with two small, round, squinty eyes  Two big, round hairy ears  Big, ugly black, oval nose  Two arms, two short legs  Each leg has three toes with sharp claws  They can grow to 3 feet tall  They can weigh from 10 to 30 pounds

3. Species They are mammals They are mammals They are marsupials (animal with a pouch) They are marsupials (animal with a pouch) Scientific name is Phascolaretos Cinereous Scientific name is Phascolaretos Cinereous

4. Habitat/Climate Koalas live in the southeast of Australia and the southern hemisphere They live in eucalyptus forests where they have a lot of leaves. Koalas live in a cool climate in Australia. Sometimes its hot but not too cold.

5. Life Span KKKKoalas can live up to 17 years of age GGGGenerally males live up to 12 years of age.

6. Food Koalas are herbivores, because they eat eucalyptus leaves and plants in trees. They usually stay in a small area of trees. A koala eats three pounds of leaves a day. Koalas don’t get a lot of nutrients and that’s why they are always sleeping

7. Prey & Predators Koala’s predators are wild dogs, called Dingoes, traffic, fire, and humans. Koalas don’t hunt anything!

8. Babies Koalas breed once a year, koalas are pregnant for 35 days. The babies live in the mom’s pouch for 6 months and then they live on their mom’s backs until they are a year old.

9. Physical Adaptations Koalas have soft fur to help protect them from the hot and the cold Koalas have special feet and hands to help them climb trees. They have two thumbs on each hand which help them get a good grip on branches. Strong nailed claws which help them with climbing Koalas are speckled which makes them hard to see in the trees. That protects them from dingoes.

10. Behavior Koalas can sleep about fourteen hours a day in the wild because they are very lazy, but sometimes they can be hyper. Koalas are nocturnal mammals which means they sleep during the day. Koalas bears move around just after sunset spending most of the day asleep in their tree. They sleep 75% of the time. Koalas communicate with each other by making weird barking noises and mothers and babies make clicking noises.

11. Behavioral Adaptations Koalas are loners, they don’t have to share food. Koalas are loners, they don’t have to share food. They sleep a lot and that helps them save their energy They sleep a lot and that helps them save their energy They do not drink a lot because the dew on the leaves is their water. They do not drink a lot because the dew on the leaves is their water. Koalas communicate by making lots of noises that only they understand. Koalas communicate by making lots of noises that only they understand.

12. Physiological Adaptations Koalas have a special digestive stomach which helps them take away the poisons in the leaves Koalas have a special digestive stomach which helps them take away the poisons in the leaves They can get kidney disease and pneumonia. The big nose of the koala helps it decide what to eat, they have a very good sense of smell. A koala sniffs every leaf before eating it, to be sure it smells exactly right. Physiological AdaptPhysiological Adapt

13. Fun Facts A koala is NOT a bear. Unlike other marsupials that live in trees koalas, don’t have nests. They wrap themselves around branches in the trees. Koalas may look lazy, but when it comes to food they have lots of energy. They may climb more than 150 feet to get to the leaves to eat. Fossil remains of koala-like animals have been found and are about 25-40 million years old. Baby Koalas eat from their mother’s butt.