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Diseases
4 types of diseases caused by the chlamydia organism
Threats?
- Conjunctivitis; which can cause blindness
- Pneumonia
- Urinary Tract Infections
- Reproductive Tract Infections; which can cause female infertility.
Symptoms of chlamydia manifest as sore eyes, chest infections, and "wet bottom" or "dirty tail".
Homes and Reproduction
- Loss of habitat
- Cars&Dogs; Over 4000 killed each year
- Bush fires
- Disease
- Dieback; Gradual dying of trees due to;
- Land degradation, leaching of soil nutrients, changes in
composition of vegetation communities, rising water levels underground, salination (or salting-up) of the soil, erosion caused by wind and water, exposure to weather and excessive defoliation (or loss of leaves)
Koalas are solitary animals mostly, but they do live in communities.
Each Koala has a home range
Some ranges tend to overlap, mostly males over females.
Faithful to ranges, will try to go back if moved out
Reproduction
Single Joey. Twins rare. 34-36 day gestation
Remains in the pouch until 5.5 - 6 months
Fully emerge 6 - 6.5 months after pap feeding.
8 - 8.5 months, are too big to return to pouch, will become what is termed ‘back young’ until they are around 12 months old.
Complete independence from mother occurs 12 to 18 months old.
Food?
There are 600 types of eucalyptus trees, but koalas will only eat 40-50 varieties with only about 10 being preferred
Koala
Body length of 60–85 cm (24–33 in)
Weighs 9-33 lbs (4–15 kg)
Silver grey to chocolate brown in colour
- http://www.ign.com/boards/threads/koalas-vs-pandas.452844675/
- http://blog.queensland.com/2012/10/23/koality-facts-8-things-you-didnt-know-about-koalas/
- http://blog.queensland.com/2012/10/23/koality-facts-8-things-you-didnt-know-about-koalas/
- http://wyndhambostonhotel.com/newborn-baby-koalas
- http://www.geoscience.gov.au/
- http://www.koalaworlds.com/
- http://www.allkoalas.com/just-want-to-be-cool-222
- http://omgbabies.com/
- http://www.habitatadvocate.com.au/?p=16227
- https://www.savethekoala.com/about-koalas/threats-koala
Looks
KOALAS ARE NOT BEARS.
- Stout, tailless body
- Round, fluffy ears
- A large, spoon-shaped nose
Unique feature is they
have double thumbs
They are
marsupials
Where to find them
Found in
- Queensland
- New South Wales
- Victoria
- South Australia
Bondi Vet area