Are Koala Bears related to Kangaroos?

Answer 1

Koalas are marsupials, related to kangaroos. Most marsupials have pouches where the tiny newborns develop. A koala mother usually gives birth to one joey at a time.

A newborn koala is only the size of a jelly bean. Called a joey, the baby is blind, naked, and earless. As soon as it’s born, this tiny creature makes its way from the birth canal to its mother’s pouch. Using the two well-developed senses it’s 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. There it stays, safely tucked away, growing and developing for about seven months.

After a baby has been in the pouch for about six months, its mother begins to produce a special substance called pap. The joey feeds on this in addition to the milk it’s already getting. Pap comes from the mother’s intestines and contains bacteria that the joey needs to have in its own intestines so that it can digest an adult diet of eucalyptus leaves. At about seven months, the joey leaves the pouch to eat leaves, but returns to it to nurse. By the time the joey is about one year old, it stops nursing and eats just leaves.

Answer 2

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Are Koala Bears related to Kangaroos?

Answer 3

It really depends on your definition of dangerous. There's so much dangerous stuff here that I personally wouldn't rank them as "dangerous". Snakes and spiders and crocodiles are way more dangerous than either creature... I'd also rank the big cats (lions and tiger etc) and some other creatures (hippos - biggest cause of animal deaths in Africa so I hear and bears) as more dangerous... Having said that, they are best left alone. Koala's and kangaroo's will defend themselves if threatened. Deaths are rare, however wild animal aren't worth the risk. There are wildlife sancuaries. Many of the animals are breed in captivity, but others are ones that have been rescued but may not be able to released to the wild as they are too close to humans etc and so they live there. They are used to humans and some can be handled for short periods of time. Colloquially they are known as koala bears. But just remember they aren't bears. Their closest relative is actually the wombat! Drop bears. Well it depends on who you talk to. They are either koala's that have a virus/ related to koalas etc. They hang around in trees like normal koalas but then drop on unsuspectig tourists... Careful of hoop snakes too. They are snakes that roll themselves into a hoop and then roll down a hill to knock it's pray over...

Answer 4

All life is related, the question is just how closely.

Both are marsupials, but I don't think you can get much closer than that. They are certainly not as close as wallabies to kangaroos.

Answer 5

Technically koalas are more closely related to wombats, but yes...they're marsupials.

Answer 6

Yes they are, they are both marsupials and raise their young in a pouch. Koalas aren't bears though, just a marsupial.

Answer 7

yeah... they are both marsupials

simple as that