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shared by christine sorokac on 12 Mar 13 - Cached

- christine sorokac on 12 Mar 13
  
  I found it interesting that males establish social hierarchies by necking, where they use their necks to fight.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I found it interesting that males establish social hierarchies by necking, where they use their necks to fight. </div>
  
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Its species name refers to its camel-like appearance and the patches of color on its fur.
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It stands 5–6 m (16–20 ft) tall and has an average weight of 1,600 kg (3,500 lb) for males and 830 kg (1,800 lb) for females.
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Their primary food source is acacia leaves, which they browse at heights most other herbivores cannot reach.
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shared by Shannon Ewasko on 12 Mar 13 - Cached

They have sharp incisors to clip leaves at the front of the mouth, separated from the grinding cheek teeth by a wide diastema.
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while the brain's two cerebral hemispheres are like "a pair of shrivelled walnut halves on top of the brain stem, in contact neither with each other nor the bones of the skull. It is the only animal on Earth with such a strangely reduced brain
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Koalas spend about three of their five active hours eating
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The Australian Wildlife Experience has the first blue-eyed koala known to be born in captivity in the world
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- Shannon Ewasko on 12 Mar 13
  
  I found it interesting that handling koalas may cause them stress.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I found it interesting that handling koalas may cause them stress. </div>
  
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shared by shannon morgan on 13 Mar 13 - Cached

The koala is one of the few mammals (other than primates) that have fingerprints.
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A baby koala is referred to as a joey and is hairless, blind, and earless.
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The koala is found in coastal regions of eastern and southern Australia, from Adelaide to the southern part of Cape York Peninsula.
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- shannon morgan on 13 Mar 13
  
  A koala is not a bear, English speaking settlers from the 18th century called them Koala Bears because of the similiarity in appearance to bears. They actually come from the wombat family.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A koala is not a bear, English speaking settlers from the 18th century called them Koala Bears because of the similiarity in appearance to bears. They actually come from the wombat family.</div>
  
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