Koala Fun Facts

KOALAS LIVE FOR 20 OR MORE YEARS.

THE KOALA CAN RUN AS FAST AS A RABBIT.

KOALAS FINGERPRINTS ARE VIRTUALLY INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM HUMAN ONES

KOALAS HUG TREES TO KEEP COOL. Scientists used thermal cameras to watch koalas hanging out in trees. They saw that when the weather was warm, the animals moved to lower parts of the trees and pressed themselves close to the trunks, wedging their butts right into the coolest spots.

KOALAS ARE EXTREMELY PICKY EATERS – Koalas eat around half a kilogram of eucalyptus leaves a day. They’re very picky, tending to choose around 30 of the 600 varieties of eucalyptus trees out there. They are reported to smell like cough drops because of all that eucalyptus.

LESS THAN 80,000 KOALAS REMAINING IN AUSTRALIA TODAY.

EACH KOALA’S ‘HOME’ IS MADE UP OF SEVERAL TREES CALLED HOME TREES.

Although Koalas themselves are protected by law, around eighty percent of any remaining habitat occurs on privately owned land and almost none of that is protected by legislation. Koalas need about 100 trees EACH in order to survive. This is why Koalas need a Koala Protection Act. Roof Plus has enlisted in the Koala Army to spread the word! https://www.savethekoala.com/koala-army