Have you ever seen a koala?

Question

Did you like it?

Answer 1

Yes, I have. My wife and I took a trip to Australia in March of 2006 and we were able to seek and hold Koalas several times. They were surprisingly heavy and were more concerned with eating than anything else. Koalas sleep about 19 hours a day, and the other hours are spent mainly eating.

Answer 2

Yes, I have seen and hug koala because I just came back from Australia. I even took a picture with it. They are really cute.

The Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is a thickset arboreal marsupial herbivore native to Australia, and the only extant representative of the family Phascolarctidae.

The Koala is found all along the eastern coast of Australia from near Adelaide to the southern part of Cape York Peninsula, and as far into the hinterland as there is enough rainfall to support suitable forests. The Koalas of South Australia were largely exterminated during the early part of the 20th century, but the state has since been repopulated with Victorian stock. The Koala is not found in Tasmania or Western Australia.

Names
The word "koala" comes from the Dharuk word gula. [3] Closely related words appear in other Australian Aboriginal languages, including:

* In the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Aborigines called Koalas by the word Cullawines.
* Near Sydney, Aborigines called Koalas by the word Koolahs.
* In the Murray Region, Aborigines called Koalas by the word Karbors.
* Other Aboriginal names for Koalas include: Bangaroos, Koolewongs, Narnagoons and Colos. [4].

It is commonly said that the common name 'Koala' is an Aboriginal word meaning "no drink." (dubious assertion—see talk page) The Koala actually does drink water, but only rarely, due to its diet consisting of eucalyptus leaves, which contain sufficient water to obviate the need for the Koala to climb down for a drink.

Early European settlers to Australia called the Koala the Native Bear and the Koala is still sometimes called the Koala Bear, although it is not even a placental mammal (like bears and most other mammals) - it is a marsupial. The Koala's scientific name comes from the Greek: phaskolos meaning "pouch" and; arktos meaning "bear". The cinereus epithet is Latin and means "ash-coloured".

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Answer 3

Yup - seen koalas many times. They look SO cute !

Answer 4

As an Australian, I have seen them both in a sanctuary and in the wild. They generally have two main activities - eating and sleeping. They aren't really energetic or fast, but can move if they have to.

They are very cute, but if you do happen to be looking at one they often appear like ball of fluff because they live up in trees. Also, it's probably going to be night or close to if you're watching them in the wild.

Answer 5

Yes, they have several at a local zoo here in Florida. They're beautiful docile creatures. They don't do a whole lot so not much of an attention keeper for small children.

Answer 6

well, yea, i have coz i live in Australia. they're cute and cuddly, commonly mistaken to be part of the bear family, cant imagine why though...maybe coz they're
anyway...if you come to Australian zoos and wildlife parks, they're pretty hard to miss. lol

Answer 7

Not in person, but on TV

I don't remeber if I saw any at any zoos or anything like that

Answer 8

Yes!

Answer 9

They are so cute. Only in a zoo though.

Answer 10

i havent..not even at a zoo but at least on tv it seems cute..like a small bear or something!