Koala Bears

by: Keiran

Lives

• The koala bear lives in Australia in places where there are lots of trees.

What koalas are

Koalas are marsupials

They have light grey fur and very sharp claws and teeth they have fury black noses

Behaviour

Koalas spend 18-20 hours each day sleeping and resting

What they eat

• Koalas mostly eat leaves from the eucalyptus tree.

What they do

They sit or hang in a tree and eat eucalyptus leaves al day long.

Koalas barely ever walk on the ground they walk on the ground to get to a different tree or to get away from a predator.

Predators

Some of the koalas predators are…

.iguanas

.dingoes

.wedge-tailed eagles

.large owls

.pythons

And domestic dogs

Threatened

Koalas are threatened and endangered because people are cutting down the trees in Australia that the koalas eat and sleep from each day.