A Gallery of Surprising Facts About Koalas!
To celebrate the release of Koala Kid of DVD on April 30th we’re going to have a look at some Koala related facts that will blow your mind!
Journey down under and meet a whole new breed of hero in this laugh-filled, action-packed animated adventure with an all-star voice cast, including Rob Schneider, Tim Curry and Alan Cumming. Johnny (Schneider) is a rare white koala bear who just wants to fit in and make friends. But when a twist of fate mistakenly transforms him into a fearless protector of animals, called “Koala Kid,” Johnny finds himself in over his head on a thrilling trek across the outback. With help from his hilarious new sidekicks, including a crafty Tasmanian devil, a lovable lizard and a boomerang-flinging female koala, Johnny may just outwit a villainous crocodile named Bog (Cumming) and become a true hero after all.
- Did you know a wombat’s closest living relatives are the koala?!
- Koalas sleep for a total of 20 hours a day! While this might seem like a lot, this is because their diet is mostly made up of eucalyptus leaves, which aren’t very nutritious!
- Just like kangaroos, young koalas are known as joeys and take around a year to fully develop!
- A koala’s belly fur can reflect solar radiation! Who needs solar panels? Just us measly humans, eh!?
- The koala brains take up just 60% of its skull! The rest is full of fluid which has been said to act as a shock absorber, cushioning the poor koala if they fall from the tree.
- Koalas aren’t very social animals and spend just 15 minutes a day on socializing! What a moody bunch.
- From pregnancy, it only takes 30-35 days for a koala to give birth! When the joey is born he is a miniscule 0.5 g
- Koalas live on average from 13 to 18 years in the wild. Females usually live longer as the males live a much more hazardous lifestyle!
- Several famous and political leaders have had their pictures taken with koalas! These include Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Harry, Pope John Paul II, US President Bill Clinton, Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev and South African President Nelson Mandela.
- On Paul McCartney’s / Michael Jackson’s duet album Say Say Say, The song “Ode to a Koala Bear” appears on the B-side!
- As cute as Koalas are, as with most wild animals, they cannot legally be kept as a pet in Australia or anywhere else.
Koala Kid will be released on DVD on April 30, 2013
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That they give birth after only 30-35 days! What a small baby! Cute 🙂
The sleep 20 hours a day<br /><br />Florence<br />fossie@hotmail.com
The fun fact I learned is that females live longer than males.
i think it's kinda neat that they've evolved to have a brain that protects them from falling form the tree.
Andrea Amy<br />They sleep 20 hours a day!!
They sleep 20 hours a day
I thought it was funny that they only socialize for 15 minutes a day 🙂
that they are only pregnant for about a month! maybe thats because of all the sleep they get! 🙂
I learned that the koalas belly fur can reflect solar radiation
The most fascinating fun fact was their need for sleep. 20 hours a day!! Wow, honestly I kinda thought a whole lot less!
I did not know their fur reflected solar radiation! I did know they're not very social. I visited the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary in Australia some years ago, and koalas were one of the few animals we weren't allowed to touch.
They sleep 20 hours.
Interesting to know that it only takes 30-35 days for a koala to give birth!
That they sleep 20 hours a day!
They legally cannot be kept as animals… good to know, because they are cute enough i would have probably tried haha