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Ms Stressa said:
I know it was posted on Saturday, but the "Koala Aggression" video is perfect for Monday!

I work in events, and now that the world is opening up, Mondays have gone from tumbleweeds and cobwebs to 20 calls per hour and every call marked urgent. I need a recording of the koala yelling for my voice mail!
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So pleased you say that Ms Stressa. :flowers: :flowers: :flowers:
 
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Fabfashion said:
Oh my! These poor Joeys. Not only can they not outrun the fires or lose their habitat due to human development but they also get bullied by grown male koalas or fall off their mum’s pouch. It’s a wonder they have not gone extinct before now. Thank goodness they are still around and there are kind caregivers and organizations to help. That’s so sweet that they can hang out with other koalas their age or have other female koalas to nurture them. Let’s hope they don’t dwindle in numbers like pandas. Do koalas eat anything else other than eucalyptus leaves?
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I didn't get a chance to copy it but there was a nice little story on fb about a koala who lost his mum. The shelter had a spare female and the two hit it off such that the writer said "he adores her." I do believe that. Joeys are pretty much worshipful and very engaged with their mums.
 
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Fabfashion said:
Saw this while browsing through an online antique market. Reminded me of the kahuna koala who would not be pushed off that branch.

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I like this. PM me where you found it. It does resemble the Big Kahuna. I love when the Bully scrunched up his shoulder to push Kahuna Koala off. Even tho the Bully did not succeed in dislodging the Kahuna, he went over to another branch and bellowed, throwing his head back. If there was a lady koala in the vicinity she undoubtedly would have been awestruck and ran right over.
 
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eagle1002us said:
I like this. PM me where you found it. It does resemble the Big Kahuna. I love when the Bully scrunched up his shoulder to push Kahuna Koala off. Even tho the Bully did not succeed in dislodging the Kahuna, he went over to another branch and bellowed, throwing his head back. If there was a lady koala in the vicinity she undoubtedly would have been awestruck and ran right over.
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The loudest bully gets the girl. Sounds like a bad romcom. Lol.

Sending you P on the Big Kahuna.
 
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Fabfashion said:
I couldn’t tell if one is happy and wants to be friends, and the other one is telling the other joey to leave him alone?

I’m terrible at koala speak!
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Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, I know what you mean! It's not clear. One person made up a story saying one was a wife who was nagging her husband. But I love the floppy ears and ever-so-slightly disapproving expression of the one on the left who termpermentally seems to be seems to be female. The females are likely to try to discourage the males who want to mate (that's news?). I think the male is supposed to be like a romance novel (rono?) character who jumps the female despite her objections. That shows the female what the male is made of.
 
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In humans a "beer belly"
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may be a sign of a bit too much indulgence
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, in koalas
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a big round belly is the sign of a healthy koala.
Due to the complex digestive system , which enables koalas to eat toxic eucalypt leaf
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, a healthy koala will have a very round
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belly.
If we find a koala with a not so round belly, that can just be one indication that something is wrong
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Clearly Harry is one very well fed koala


P.S. from eagle: Koalas have an unusually long digestive tract so all the eucalyptus toxins are removed.
 
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The stunning Bonnie Blew
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, from Blewitt Springs, South Australia was rescued almost a week ago as she was sitting on the ground trying to drink from a sprinkler
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. The caring residents thought Bonnie was just a tame koala
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as she kept approaching them even when they were sitting around a fire
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A healthy wild koala will not approach human and will instead climb the nearest tree
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when approached because that is where they feel safe
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Bonnie Blew was a little thin and dehydrated
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but her initial test
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have come back ok. She is still quite docile
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which makes us a little concerned so will remain in care
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with us for monitoring
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