Koala Bears

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Koala Bears

• By Ariane Monticone

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Koala bears are interesting animals. Lets go
and learn all about this cool animal. There are
so many facts about them. Koala bears have so
many different adaptations. Their life cycle is
very interesting and cool. Also Koala bears eat a
very good type of leaf.
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Awesome Adaptations

• Here are some of the Koala bears awesome
  adaptations. Koala bears have very sharp claws to
  get their food eucalyptus leaves! These leaves
  are high up in trees so Koala bears need claws to
  climb up in trees. Also they have sensitive hair
  on their nose to find the yummiest, tasting
  eucalyptus leaves. Also, you know what Koala
  bears lick their hands to lower their body
  temperature! How cool is that!

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Food and Feeding

• As you know Koala bears eat eucalyptus leaves
  and over time they have developed a cheek like
  pouch to keep their food in. Some more
  interesting facts about the Koala bears diet is
  that Koala bears eat 1-2 pounds of leaves per
  day. Wow thats a lot! Also Koala bears could not
  survive if there werent any eucalyptus leaves.

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Awesome Life Cycle

• The Koala bears life cycle is so cool. Here is
  how it goes first the Koala bear breeds in
  September through March. It will breed at three
  years old. Then thirty-five days later the female
  Koala bear will give birth. The baby Koala bear
  is called a joey. The joey is as big as three
  jellybeans and weighs less than a gram. Next the
  joey will get in the mother Koala bears pouch
  and will stay there for twenty-two weeks. It will
  drink the mother Koala bears milk. The joey is
  growing every day. Finally at three years old the
  life cycle will start all over again. Isnt the
  Koala bears life cycle awesome?

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Now that you know all about Koala bears you might
think there as interesting as I think they are.
Their adaptation, life cycle and diet are so much
fun to learn about. Koala bears are so cool!
Everyone should be able to know all about Koala
bears!
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Resources

• www.teachit.t.acreekps.vic.edu.au/animals/koala
• www.koala-bears.com/
• www.veeriku.tartu.ee/ppensqanimal-adaptation.html
  
• Book Mammals-page 12 Author Beatrice MacLeod
  
• Card 21 on Koala bears

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A Koala bear on a tree bark.
A crawling Koala bear.
What a cutie!
Female Koala bear with its baby.
Peek-a-boo!
What a sleepy head!