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eagle1002us said:
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Hello Ally Ambrosio, There is a thread called Asians and Hermes. I copied the link:

Asians & Hermes

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Look over the posts on that thread. As a rule, discussion that is public, like this post, should address Hermes-specific questions except for the Chat thread you're on. But you can always start a private conversation with someone in the Asians & Hermes group who looks like they could answer your questions. Good Luck.
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Here, sadly, is a koala traumatized by being in a cattle field. That's all I know. He looks upset and angry, he's really entitled to that, koalas get the short end of the stick in many human encounters, especially those that destroy their habitat, the food trees they live in may simply be part of gum tree plantations which owners harvest (clear-cut) after the trees mature.


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#18,102
eagle1002us said:
Here, sadly, is a koala traumatized by being in a cattle field. That's all I know. He looks upset and angry, he's really entitled to that, koalas get the short end of the stick in many human encounters, especially those that destroy their habitat, the food trees they live in may simply be part of gum tree plantations which owners harvest (clear-cut) after the trees mature.


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I was thinking about the koala pictured in this post. Initially I thought that one eye looked blue (there are a few koalas that have blue eyes) but then I thought the eye had a film over it. And look at the other eye!!! It's been attacked by some corrosive infection and that would be chlamydia which can cause koalas to go blind. Plus it attacks the reproductive and urinary tracts. It's cured by antibiotics. If koalas take them, there's a chance they'll lose the gut bacteria [which they got from their mother] which allows them to eat eucalyptus The leaves are toxic but the gut bacteria and the 18 to 22 hours koalas sleep each day (prolonged digestion) neutralizes the toxicity. I know of a couple of people who got C.difficile from taking antibiotics. am

There's a suburb of Sydney which has the only chlamydia-free koalas in Australia. That population has done well, it's expanded. However developers are leveling eucalyptus in that area so they can build houses and highway infrastructure. Koalas are losing the trees they feed on and live in, that's habitat loss. There is a huge number of eucalyptus species and koalas are fussy eaters who want what they want. Not a problem in a large forest but you get the picture. They get stressed and then they get sick. Supposedly a 'Great Koala Park" was going to be created so they'd have their space and their trees. Hasn't happened. There's nothing on the horizon that suggests the park will ever exist..

I knew domesticated pets, dogs and cats, have their ups and downs, things go well and then they don't. I'm finding out that getting involved with any animals, even wild ones, can be sad and disconcerting. Even at a huge distance from Australia, the problems are there to see.

Thanks for listening. Here's a picture of a happy koala -- they do exist.



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