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Why Kangaroo Island's koalas are so important

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382104) • Rockingham, Australia 14 Jan 20

There are many stories circulating about the horrific bushfires in eastern Australia. One of the areas affected was Kangaroo Island, Australia’s third largest island and part of the state of South Australia. It lies 112 km (70 mi)...

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Here's An Interesting Story About Koalas

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 9 Jul 17

Australia’s tourism minister, in 1983, described the Koala as a “flea-ridden, piddling, stinking, scratching, rotten thing.” Wow! The koala did not have a defender in Australia, but the Japanese people stepped in. (Most people...

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koalas on the way out?

cloudwatcher @cloudwatcher (6861) • Australia 10 Nov 09

Today’s news gave us the information that there is now only an estimated 35,000 koalas left in Australia with the maximum possibly at 60,000. This does not put them in the endangered classification but certainly in the...

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Which animal do you love seeing in the zoo?

mrnischalgurung @mrnischalgurung (424) • India 20 Oct 09

I love koalas.. but only one zoo in the world has koalas. but dunno the name of the zoo

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1gidget @1gidget (152) • United States 26 Feb 09

I lived in a small town in Queensland, Australia a few years ago for a few months and I went to the Lone Pine Koala Sancuary. It was awesome. There were tons of koalas just hanging out. I got to hold a koala name Brucey. He was...

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Looking for a unique Christmas Gift for a loved on this year?

LouiseKnittel @LouiseKnittel (4764) • United States 3 Dec 08

Koalas may be one of the top Aussie Christmas gifts this year. Adoption costs $40 for each koala, for someone living overseas costs $50. The role of the Koala Hospital is to treat and rehabilitate sick, injured and orphaned...

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Koala Crossing - Searching for Water in Drought!

jennybianca @jennybianca (12912) • Australia 24 Feb 08

This morning I was collecting my two cats from the vets cattery, & there was a koala calming walking across the car park. It had just crossed a very busy road. I watched him for a while. He was checking out the various trees. It...

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