23-02-2022 | 18:01 PM
Koalas as Endangered Species: Australia
Australia has listed the koala as an endangered species across most of its east coast, after a dramatic decline in numbers.
The population of Koalas is declining dramatically across the country because of habitat loss, the impact of prolonged drought, black summer bushfires, Urbanisation, and cumulative impacts of disease.
Koala is an arboreal (lives in trees) marsupial.
A marsupial is born in a very incomplete state. They are minute, hairless and with hind limbs only partially formed.
Koalas are endemic to Australia.
Interesting Fact
Due to the low nutritional value of eucalyptus leaves they eat, koalas tend to sleep for extended periods, often up to 18 hours a day, to conserve energy.
