The name "koala" means in an extinct Aborigine language "does not drink." Even if called koala bear, this animal has nothing to do with the actual bear; it is not even a placental mammal, but a marsupial, like the kangaroo. Its closest living relatives are the wombats. A koala (Phascolarctos cinererus) is about 60-80... |
8 March 2008
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A gray or brownish koala may result more familiar to you. But odd things happen, and after curing thousands of gray koalas at her vet hospital, Cheyne Flanagan had the surprise to meet this Scandinavian-like kola. This koala male, dubbed Mick, is a genetic oddity, due to its white fur instead of the usually gray/brow... |
26 September 2007
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Today the giants of the Australian fauna are the red kangaroos: males can grow up to 1.8m (6ft) tall and weigh up to 85 kg (187lbs). But they are just a pale copy of the beast that once roamed the continent. Diprotodon, an Ice Age koala's relative, was as big as a hippopotamus! This was the largest marsupial eve... |
30 July 2007
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