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Koalas Research Paper
Adorable Koala

Koalas are pretty amazing animals. There eating style is very funny and silly. The way they care for themselves are very interesting. Koalas live in hot places. Plus, they are very cute animals.

Koalas live in Australia, which is a very hot place. Koalas live in a vast interior desert wilderness called the Outback. Honestly, people mistake Koalas ans call them"Koala Bears" which is totally not true. Koalas are more related to wombats, and kangaroos. This is because all three of those animals and more are marsupials.

A mammal of an order whose members are born incompletely developed and are typically carried and suckled in a pouch on the mother's belly. Primarily marsupials live in Australia,and New Guinea. Some marsupials live in American. for example the possum. The mom cares their young around. The mothers play a important part in the baby life.

Koalas have opposable thumbs that help them climb trees. The mother Koalas have pouches. They carry their young in there. Koalas scientific name is Phascolarctos cinereus. There are two different types of groups of koalas. There are southern koalas, and northern koalas. Their sizes range in length from 60-85 cm (2-3 ft.), but northern koalas are on the smaller side, weighing 4-8.5 kg (9-19 lb.), while southern koalas weigh
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They also seem cuddly, but koalas are wild animals and don't make good pets. A koala's pregnancy can lasts thirty-five days. Baby koalas are born blind, naked, and earless. Newborn koalas are only as small as a jelly bean. All baby koalas are called joeys. The baby can only survive if it makes it from the birth canal to it's mother's pouch. Using it's only two well functional senses it was born with, smell and touch. Along with its strong front legs and claws and an instinct that tells it which direction to head, the baby koala reaches the pouch. It takes baby koalas seven months to

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