|  We always remember the greyish furred koalas wrapping their arms & legs around the trunks of eucalyptus trees. This sight of koalas is indeed very lovely.
Meanwhile, u man wonder why we call a koala "the sleepyhead". Let's remind ourselves right away the koalas sleep 18 hours a day!
The fore and hind paws of koalas enable them to spend a great part of thier lives on eucalyptus trees. This is the way Allah created their paws!
Koalas can quickly climb trees with their long curled arms, & sharp claws & paws that hold tightly on to the trees.
The 2 fingers of their fore-paws r separated from the other three.
If we compare a human hand to theirs, then we must talk about two thumbs.
These thumbs, which greatly differ from other fingers, help them to cling to small branches. Like a hook, koalas thrust their claws into trees & thus hold on to the soft and smooth surfaces of tree trunks.
With they four paws, they can readily clutch branches, jus like we clutch a stick, and climb trees after they wrap their paws around their branches.
These r what makes a koala's life on trees easy!
Although koalas r known to b lazy, they can move very quickly on trees. They can even jump from 1 branch to another, covering a distance of a metre (39 inches) in a leap.
Female koalas giv birth to a single baby in 2 yrs and, like kangaroos, they carry it in their pouch.
Durin the first months, the baby koala remains in its mother's pouch. After this period, the baby hitches a piggyback ride for a year.
The mother picks a fave tree in the eucalyptus forest for its home bcus she eats eucalyptus leaves - and that's about all she eats!
That is why u can only find koalas in Australia, where eucalyptus trees r legion.
Although there r more than 600 species of eucalyptus tree in Australia, koalas only eat certain leaves from 35 of them.
Koalas cant live juz anywhere bcus, apart from bein a store of leaves, the eucalyptus trees constitute a unique shelter for them.
There r many kinds of koala species. Each species feed on a different kinda eucalyptus leaf.
If u r plannin to move a koala away, u need also to take the eucalyptus leaves on which he feeds with u.
Apart from their diets, koalas rarely climb down eucalyptus tress bcus they r hardly able to move around on the ground.
The eucalyptus tree's leaves constitute different chemical substances.
These substances r poisonous and dangerous for all animals except for koalas.
Before swallowing, koalas grind these leaves with their teeth. The harmful elements in the leaves r filtered in the koala's liver & expelled from the body.
By the will of Allah, this food, which is extremely poisonous for other animals, does not harm koalas.
Therefore, koalas can eat about a kilogram (2.204 pounds) of poisonous leaves everyday without trouble.
Koalas even get their water from these leaves. At certain times of the yr, two thirds of the eucalyptus leaf consists of water. Therefore, only feedin on eucalyptus leaves, a koala can survive for months without drinking water.
The tops of eucalyptus trees r vulnerable to wind. For this reason, koalas hav veri thick fur.
This harmony between a poisonous plant & an animal shows as that koalas & eucalyptus tress hav been created by the same Creator. This Creator, Who creates everything perfectly, is surely Allah, the Lord of all the worlds.
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