Koala Bear By Nicole Mathias

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Koala BearBy Nicole Mathias
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Koala
Shelter Trees Leaves
Surface Features Rocks
Habitat Eucalypt Forests
Vegetation Leaves Trees Bushes
Climate Warm
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Diet
Physical Features
Koala
Behaviors
Quiz
Interesting Facts
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Diet

• Koalas eat 200 to 500 grams of eucalyptus leaves
  a day.
• Koalas rarely drink water because eucalyptus
  leaves contain 50 water.
• At times, koalas will eat leaves from other
  trees like wattle tree, tea tree, paper bark
  tree.

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Behaviors

• Koalas gather food from the trees they live in.
• The koala has five sharp toenails that help them
  climb trees.
• When koalas see food they automatically jump to
  it.

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Physical Features

• The mother koala protects her baby in her pouch.
• The koalas color helps camouflage it to hide
  from its predators.
• The koala has two thumbs on each hand to help it
  climb trees.

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Interesting Facts

• A joey will drink milk from its mother for a
  year, even when it cant fit in her pouch
  anymore.
• When a joey is born it only weighs a gram.
• Koalas sleep up to 16 hours a day to save energy.
  
• Right before sunset koalas will bark at each
  other.

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Quiz

• How do koalas camouflage in certain places?
• Why dont koalas drink water often?
• Why do koalas jump?