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Koala
* All koalas have the ability to vocalize and emit different sounds to express different things
  - share a high pitch scream that signal fear and danger
* Most koalas adapt for life
  - are inside zoos
  - carry babies
  - chew food
* Most koalas conserve energy
  - water
  - depend on plants
  - drink water
* Most koalas eat eucalyptus leaves so there are a lot of eucalyptus trees in Australia
  - eucalyptuses
  - feed on eucalyptuses
  - give birth to koalas
* Most koalas has-part arms
  - glands
  - noses
  - teeth
* Most koalas have brains
  - calls
  - coats
  - fingerprints
  - forelimbs
  - larynxes
  - long forelimbs
  - ranges
  - scent glands
  - senses
  - spines
  - types
* Most koalas live along coasts
  - for years
* Most koalas live in coastal woodlands
  - rainforests
  - over years
  - occupy distinct home ranges
  - play in trees
  - possess bodies
  - reach ages
  - rely on claws
  - require leaves
  - sit in trees
* Most koalas stay in pouches
* Most koalas survive in habitats
  - natural habitats
  - weigh over kilograms
* Some koalas carry viruses
  - drink milk
* Some koalas eat eucalyptus trees
  - gain energy
* Some koalas have bacteria
  - bare patches
  - caecums
  - cartilaginous pads
  - penises
  - periods
  - short periods
  - sides
  - their own trees
  - thin tubes
* Some koalas live in Australia
* Some koalas live on coasts
  - north coasts
* Some koalas possess bacteria
  - produce twins
  - reach maturity
  - regurgitate food
  - remain with mothers
  - use scent
* acquire taste.
* also are at risk when close to human populations and being killed by cars or dogs
  - eat leaves, buds, and bark off the native golden tree
  - have tail- but it is almost too short to see
  - love to sleep
  - suffer from a range of cancers like leukemia and skin cancers
  - vary in size across their range
  - walk on all fours, but can stretch up on two legs
* are adapted to their environment in various ways
  - adored by many for their small size and cartoon-like features
  - almost entirely nocturnal as they begin to feed after dusk or in complete darkness
* are also excellent swimmers and so can cross creeks
  - marsupials, meaning that it carries it's young in a pouch found on the belly
  - amazingly similar to bears
* are at great risk from bushfires
  - the top of their food chain
  - basically solitary animals and live in relatively well-defined home ranges
  - big business in Australia
  - close to being an endangered specie
  - covered with thick, gray fur
  - dependent on Australia's eucalyptus trees as their only source of food
  - dioecious animals that reproduce sexually
  - ecological specialists which feed primarily on the leaves of eucalyptus trees
  - found in the wild only in the forests of eastern Australia
  - fussy eaters, choosing most of their food from a few varieties of eucalypt
  - generally solitary, although they do have a social structure based on a dominant male
  - heavily dependent on their sense of smell
* are herbivores who eat only eucalyptus
  - with a unique diet that consists almost entirely of eucalyptus leaves
  - herbivorous and feed exclusively on certain eucalyptus leaves
  - indigenous to Australia and in danger of extinction
* are known as picky eaters
  - the world over as a symbols of Australia
* are located in artwork
  - bedrooms
  - books
  - cages
  - captivity
  - families
  - jungle
  - nature
  - orients
  - parks
  - pictures
  - southern hemispheres
  - stew
  - tees
  - wildernesses
* are mainly nocturnal and completely arboreal
  - animals, which means they are more active at night
  - mammals
  - marsupial animals
* are marsupials, a subclass of mammals
  - females having a pouch in which their young first develop
  - like kangaroos
  - related to kangaroos
* are marsupials, which are mammals that have pouches
  - means they re first cousin to animals like kangaroos
  - members of the marsupial family, just like kangaroos
  - mono- vular and polyoestrous during a restricted annual breeding season
  - monotremes, like the platypus and the echidna
  - most active during the summer, which is also their breeding season
* are mostly active at night
  - gray with white on the stomach and ears and a little black on the nose
* are mostly nocturnal animals and they are most active during the night and at dawn and dusk
  - solitary tree-dwelling creatures with peculiar habits
  - native to southeastern and eastern Australia, living in forests of eucalyptus trees
* are nocturnal and do the vast majority of their eating at night
  - marsupials famous for spending most of their lives asleep in trees
  - or active at night, and it's late evening when they move from tree to tree
  - nocturnal, which means they are active at night and sleep during the day
  - one of the few mammals apart from primates to have fingerprints
  - only native to eastern Australia
  - part of the marsupial family
  - peaceful animals but can be dangerous if bothered
  - polygynous
  - rather small, round animals
* are solitary animals, which feed on the leaves of eucalypts
  - tame and shy marsupials
  - territorial animals who live separately in their own home ranges
* are the largest arboreal marsupial inhabiting the eucalypt forests of eastern Australia
  - most loved marsupial mammal
  - only other animal, like humans, that have individual fingerprints
* are tiny, approximately one half of a gram, when they are born
  - one-half of a gram, when they are born
  - tree-hugging marsupials with big, round ears and black oval noses
* are usually excellent mothers and are highly tolerant of their energetic young
  - solitary animals, and they live alone throughout their lives
  - usualy killed in sanctuaries because they are run over by cars
* are very fussy eaters and have strong preferences for different types of gum leaves
  - eaters, feeding almost entirely on eucalypt leaves
  - good swimmers
  - territorial and live in stable breeding groups
  - well suited for their life in the trees
  - wild animals
* belong to a group of animals called marsupials.
* can be aggressive towards each other
  - up to two feet, six inches long
  - make other sounds, from snores to screams
* can only live in one place in the world, Australia
  - scratch
  - the eucalyptus leaves to a very fine paste before swallowing
* climb up trees and on the ground they walk on four legs.
* come down to the ground as little as possible
  - in colors of gray, white, brown, and a reddish color
* communicate with each other by making a range of noises.
* compete directly with humans for land.
  - specialized chewing teeth to handle their diet of eucalyptus leaves
  - solely on eucalyptus trees for food and shelter
* do possess a certain degree of unique social behavior.
* drink milk from the mother
  - in the trees, sleep in trees and hang out in trees
  - one thing only - eucalyptus leaves
* eat only eucalyptus leaves, and they are picky about which varieties they eat
  - leaves and bark from eucalyptus trees
  - the leaves from the eucalyptus trees
* fall prey to many of the same side effects of civilization which affect many wild animals.
* feed at nights
  - by climbing certain species of eucalyptus trees which are their favoured types
  - mainly at night
* feed on eucalyptus leaves and can be heard calling during the mating season
  - only one type of tree
* get most of their liquid intake from the moisture in the leaves.
  - live birth, so they are classified as mammals
  - tails
* have a distant link only with wombats, both have backward opening pouches
  - large round head with big furry ears and a stout body
  - scent gland on their chest that they rub against trees to mark their territory
* have a special bacteria in their stomachs that breaks down the toxins in the eucalyptus oil
  - fibre-digesting organ called a caecum
  - very slow metabolic rate, because they mostly sit in trees all day
  - an opposable modified index finger that acts as a second thumb
* have big black noses and big round ears
  - ears that are covered with hair
  - big, fluffy ears and an excellent sense of hearing
  - both sharp teeth and claws
  - dense, wooly fur that is gray to brown on top and varies with geographic location
  - few natural predators, although sometimes a dingo or large owl can take one
* have large, rounded, furry ears and a large black nose
  - sharp claws to assist with climbing tree trunks
  - long, strong arms, short powerful legs and large feet with sharp claws for climbing
* have no camouflage except hiding in the trees
  - tails, but do possess long curved claws to make clinging to branches possible
  - one baby about every two ears
  - poor vision and rely heavily on their other senses
  - seasonality reproduction
  - sexual reproduction
  - sharp front incisors that are used for clipping the leaves
  - small eyes
* have soft grey fur, large prominent ears and a round face
  - grey, fuzzy fur with a big, black nose and huge fluffy ears
* have soft, wool-like fur that is gray above and white below
  - grey fur, which is paler on their undersides
  - special physical characteristics that complement their tree-dwelling lifestyle
  - the ability to run, though
  - thick, grayish fur, with white on their chests, inner arms, and ears
  - very interesting teeth
  - virtually no competition for their preferred food source
* includes brains
  - breasts
  - cell membranes
  - cells
  - corpi
  - faces
  - heads
  - piluses
  - plasma membranes
  - rib cages
  - sections
  - sterna
  - vacuoles
* inhabit regions
  - states
* live above ground
  - almost exclusively in the top branches of eucalyptus trees
  - along, narrow strip of eastern Australia, near the coast of the Pacific Ocean
  - bushland with other koalas
* live in eastern Australia in Eucalyptus forests
  - Australia, where the eucalyptus trees they love are most plentiful
  - eucalypt woodlands and forests
  - forests that have gum trees, fork trees, and eucalyptus trees
  - the eucalyptus and woodland forest
  - trees, sometimes coming down to the ground to seek shade or another tree
  - zoos in some other countries like America and Japan
  - mostly in open eucalypt forests and woodlands
  - on the East coast of Australia
  - out in the open, on tree branches
  - very high above the ground
* look a bit like teddy bears and have very soft fur.
* look like a bear and like to eat gum leaves
  - bears but they are marsupials, carrying their young in a pouch
  - soft but their fur actually feels like the wool on a sheep
  - soft, but their fur feels like the coarse wool of a sheep
* make several different vocalizations, from snores to bellows to screams
  - sounds and gesture to show how they feel
* move so slowly at times, some people think they are lazy
  - with an awkward gait, on all four legs, and can also run
* never like to communicate with people and with their other counterparts
  - take shelter in dens or other shades so they have to rely on their furs for insulation
* only eat eucalypt leaves and a few other related species
  - prefer just a few varieties of eucalyptus
  - shelter in eucalyptus trees
* possess a real unique eating behavior
* predominantly feed on eucalypt leaves.
* prefer the leaves of about three-dozen varieties.
* prefer to live alone
  - in eucalyptus forests, coastal islands, and low woodlands
* rest in trees.
* retain the rearward-facing pouch of their terrestrial vomaboid ancestors.
* show preference
* sniff each leaf and inspect it carefully before eating it.
* sometimes climb down to the ground to eat soil and gravel
  - have conflicting sexual strategies
* spend eighteen to twenty hours each day resting and sleeping in trees
  - most of the day sleeping in a eucalyptus tree
* spend most of their day up in trees but when they are on the ground they can run fast
  - lives in trees
  - time in trees
* spend most of their time sleeping and eating by themselves
  - twenty hours a day sleeping or resting
* stay in eucalyptus trees most of the time
* suffer now from loss of habitat, problems with roads and traffic.
* tend to smell strongly of eucalyptus and musk.
* to climb gum trees
  - cope with problems
* use their extremely sharp claws for climbing eucalyptus trees.
* usually are peaceful amongst their own families.
* vary in size and colour depending on where Australia they live in Australia
  - on where they live in Australia
+ Koala, Life: Marsupials of Australia :: Diprotodonts
  * Koalas are mostly active at night. They live in trees, and they do not like to be on the ground. They mostly eat leaves, bark and fruit of some Eucalyptus trees. Koalas do not drink often, they get most of their water from the leaves they eat.