Koalas are very
cute animals that belong to Marsupials (koalas are not bears!!!), and are
native to eastern and southeastern Australia. Koalas eat eucalyptus leaves and the
leaves of gum trees. Koalas love sleeping ;) They sleep
~20-22h per day; this is associated with low-calorie food and the fact that
eucalyptus contains toxins that koalas are neutralizing (they have very long
caecum). Some other animals that sleep long are e.g. brown bat (~20 h/day), three-toed
sloth (15 – 20h/d), North American opossum (~18h/d), and python (~18h/d). In stark
contrast, giraffes sleep only ~2h per day!!!
Koala
Golden Wallaby
Lizard
St Andrew´s Cross Spider
Wallabies fighting
