THE KOALA THE KOALA 
Status:
Vulnerable
DESCRIPTION
The koala has soft wool-like fur that is grey above and white below. It
resembles a bear but is actually a marsupial. They weigh about thirty pounds and
on average grow to be two feet tall. Koalas consume to eucalyptus leaves and
bark from twelve different eucalyptus tree species. They don’t move much from
their tree so they don’t loose much energy.
Koalas sleep for up to sixteen
hours a day and they rather prefer to be alone. They are arboreal, which means
that they live in trees.
Koalas prefer to live in eucalyptus forests, coastal islands and low woodlands.
THREATS
The reason they became
endangered is because the hunters were shooting them for their fur. Another
reason is that they had breakdowns in their life cycles.
PROTECTION
Australian national laws protect koalas, but each individual state is
responsible for the animal’s conservation.
by:
Caroline and Barbara