Eucalyptus has a very distinct and unusual smell, but they still love it! I was just wondering why they like it so much...
2006-06-07 04:45:18 · 4 answers · asked by i found disaster 1 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Selection, because many generations had no chance to eat another food. They got used.
"The Koala did not specialise in a diet of eucalyptus until the climate cooled and eucalyptus forests grew in the place of rainforests.
The Koala lives almost entirely on eucalyptus leaves. This is likely to be an evolutionary adaptation that takes advantage of an otherwise unfilled ecological niche, since eucalyptus leaves are low in protein, high in indigestible substances, and contain phenolic and terpene compounds that are toxic to most species."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koala
2006-06-07 04:49:04 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why do people like ice cream? Because it tastes good to them.
2006-06-07 11:50:24 · answer #2 · answered by ramall1to 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because thats the only thing they eat
2006-06-07 11:48:19 · answer #3 · answered by jessicarunnels_2006 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well duh!!!!!!!!! That's how God made them, animals like wierd things to them it's probably heaven!
2006-06-07 11:55:17 · answer #4 · answered by *~Jesus Freak~* 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋