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==Description: Koala bears are not bears at all they are cuddly animals. Do not have sharp claws at all. They live in Eastern Australia where the big eucalyptus trees are. They eat eucalyptus tree leaves and they have a special digestive system that helps break down the leaves. There long gut breaks it down mostly down though. There population is small. They only have less then 80,000 koalas living.==

=== Interesting Facts: Did you know that the mom of the koala holds its baby in its pouch like a kangaroo. These cuddly animals were hunted during the 1950s through 1990s. How could you hunt something so cute and innoce === === nt. Your probably wondering The little ones are known as joeys. In the southern part of Australia they are considered larger with less fur and as for the females give birth to a joey 20 times year. Wow! Not only do they do that but the female if fully mature by 4 years of age. Koalas are definitely interesting. ===

=== Habitat: These little cuddly animals live in Eastern Australia and sleep up to 20 hours. In Eastern Australia they live in eucalyptus trees and rarely leave them. While there in the trees they have to have a lot of space or they get aggravated. They only have usually 70 koalas per tree. Also they do not live in rain forests or deserted areas. There homes are made out of ===

[[image:koala1.png align="right" caption="koala on a tree."]]
=== several trees sometimes. Did you know that there are 600 varieties of eucalyptus leaves. Also, more than 30 percent of the koalas habitats disappeared. This happened because the koalas homes got destroyed. ===

==Diet: The Koala bear feeds off eucalyptus leaves. They get there water mostly from the leaves so they don't drink a lot of water. They are neat eaters and eat about two and a half pounds of leaves. Also, the koala stores its food in its cheek pouches. Some people say that the koalas get drunk on gum leaves. These little guys are mostly nocturnal. Koalas are very interesting animals.==

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