Phascolarctos cinereus
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It doesn’t hurry. It sleeps for hours, moves only when it must. Koalas spend their lives in the trees, feeding almost exclusively on eucalyptus leaves — a diet low in energy, but rich in scent and routine.
Each koala has a home range, and a preference for certain trees. They climb with strength, rest with stillness, and grunt unexpectedly at night. Mothers raise their joeys in pouches, then on their backs. Males carry scent glands on their chests and mark their trees with slow, deliberate rubs.
Soft in appearance, selective in habit — a quiet emblem of the Australian bush.
