Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is of the marsupial animals, animals from Australia & is a typical representative of the relatives only Phascolarctidae.
Koalas can be found along the east coast of Australia from Adelaide to Cape York Peninsula, & until far in to the hinterland as there is rainfall to support suitable forests for koalas.
Koala able to climb trees with expert & can cling to trees because their long arms & sharp claws, ua finger separate the front of the other fingers. If they compare it with human hands, as in the event that they had thumbs. Thumb, which is different from the other fingers, to help them stick to the little branches. Like hooks, nails koala stuck in the tree, & thus stick to the surface of the trunk is soft & smooth. This is what makes life simple koalas in the trees.
Koala known as a lazy animal, they can move quickly in the trees. In fact they can jump from branch to another, a distance of meter with a single bound. Female koala bear a child every years, & like kangaroos, they take care of her son in a pouch. In the coursework of the first month, the child koala lives in its mother's pouch. After this period, the child koala & then climb back their mothers for a year. Parent koala makes a favourite tree in the eucalyptus forest to be home because they eat eucalyptus leaves - & that is their food! This is why you can discover a koala in Australia, where eucalyptus trees ample.
Eucalyptus leaves are composed of different chemical substances. These chemicals are poisonous & harmful to the animals except for koalas. Before swallowing, koalas munching leaves it along with his teeth. Risky substances in the leaves were filtered in koala liver tissue expelled from the body. Food that is highly poisonous to other animals, do not endanger the koala. In fact, koalas can eat a kilogram of leaves of the poisoned every day without issue. Even they get water from these leaves. In positive seasons, thirds of eucalyptus leaf consists of water. Therefore, only by eating eucalyptus leaves, koalas can survive without drinking water. The tops of eucalyptus trees can be windy. For this reason, the koala has thick fur.
Although there's over 600 species of eucalyptus trees in Australia, koalas only eat positive leaves of 35 species among them. Koalas can not live in any place because, besides being a store of leaves, eucalyptus tree is a special residence for them. There's plenty of different types of koalas. Each takes a different eucalyptus leaves. In case you plan to move a koala, you must bring with eucalyptus leaves are eaten. Koalas are seldom out of the tree because they are difficult to move on the ground.
Harmony between a poisonous plant & an animal shows that the koala & eucalyptus trees have been created by the same Creator. This Creator, who created everything perfectly, surely God, the Lord of hosts.
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