The Australian Koala eats about 2.5 pounds of eucalyptus leaves a day. Babies eat about 1.5 pounds a day.
Koalas have one baby about every two ears.
Pregnancy takes 35 days. The cub stays in the pouch for six months, until it is old enough to get food on its own. The koala can grow to be as large as 33 inches and weigh up to 26 pounds. It have been mistaken for rabbits, prairie dogs, and rodents. In the wild, a koala can live to be 13 years old.