Bears: Koala Bear Information
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The increasing scarcity of the Koala has prompted biologists to redouble their efforts to add to the existing body of Koala Bear information. There is considerable debate among environmentalists and government officials as to whether the future of the Koala population is actually in danger, and as a result regulations designed to protect the Koala Bear are often loosely enforced. Nevertheless, the Koala population continues to suffer at the hands of hunters, fur trappers, and land developers.
Gathering Koala Bear Information
Animal nutritionists have contributed a fascinating piece of Koala Bear Information, namely that Koala Bears are one of only three species that can digest the poisonous toxins contained in the Eucalyptus leaf. For most of the history of the species, this was an enormous advantage, saving Koalas from competing for a common food source. However, as human activity encroached on eucalyptus forests throughout Australia, the Koalas dependence on only one plant species became something of an evolutionary millstone.
An occasionally overlooked piece of Koala Bear Information is that the Koala Bear comes by its name by mistake. Koalas rear their offspring in a pouch located at the front of their torso, so they are not Bears at all, but Marsupials. Like other Marsupials, Koalas are native to the Austral-Asian subcontinent, and are considered by evolutionary biologists to be the product of geographically isolated processes of evolution.
The 35 day gestation period of the Koala is comparably short. When they are born, baby Koala Bears are tiny, weighing less than one gram. However they then undergo a six month period of growth and development within their mothers pouch, feeding on milk that is extremely high in nutritional content. At the conclusion of this period, the young Koala leaves the pouch, and embarks immediately on a long career munching Eucalyptus leaves.
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Posted on: Thursday, June 19, 2008 at 1:29 pm 
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