10 CURIOSIDADES que no sabías de los KOALAS 🐨🌿 ¡Descúbrelas!

Koalas are undoubtedly iconic animals that have become very popular due to their cute appearance. In this video by an animal expert, we want to show you the ten most surprising curiosities about koalas. Let's take a look at them. One is marsupial. Koalas are characterized by being a group of marsupial animals that that is the females have a pouch in which the young are sheltered which are born without having fully developed, so they complete their growth in the pouch. Gestation lasts around 35 days. Then a 1 kilo fetus is born and enters the pouch. After six or seven months, the young koala takes its head out of its mother's pouch for the first time. Two Are endemic to Australia these peculiar mammals are endemic animals of Australia and although they used to have a wider distribution, they are currently more restricted to the northeast center and southeast of Queensland with some discontinuous presence in western regions. They are also found in eastern New Wales south into Victoria and the southern southeast. 3. They are not all the same size. These cute looking animals, despite their small size, are stocky. Although subspecies have not yet been formally recognized. They have different weights and sizes depending on both sex and whether they live north or south of the aforementioned regions. 4. They have opposable toes and fingerprints. Their front feet have five toes, but the first two are opposable to the rest, an adaptation for better climbing since their habits are arboreal. In the case of the hind legs, the first toe is short and widened, the second and third are fused. They also have sharp claws, but the most curious feature of their extremities is that they have fingerprints like humans. 5. They have a good sense of hearing and smell while they have poor eyesight. However, given the type of life they lead, this is not as important as hearing and smell, which are highly developed. With the first sense, they are able to interact and develop socialization mainly for reproduction. Regarding smell, their distinctive nose allows them to perceive and evaluate the peculiar food they consume. 6. Their name means without water. The name koala comes from the Australian word gula which means without water. For some time it was thought that these marsupials did not need to drink water. However, this is not true. Although they do take some of the water from the plants they consume, they do need to ingest it. 7. They eat up to 1 kg of toxic plants. Koalas are herbivorous animals that feed mainly on some species of eucalyptus plants. These are plants that contain toxic compounds which would be harmful to other animals. However, koalas have developed an anatomical and physiological system that allows them to feed on these leaves without causing harm to themselves. 8. They sleep almost all day. Koalas have a slower metabolism than is common among mammals, which is related to the need to conserve energy that is linked to the low nutrient diet. They usually have to optimize the maintenance of their energy. These animals spend most of their time sleeping between 18 and 20 hours a day. 9. They have a small brain in relation to the size of their head and body and compared to other marsupials, koalas have a small brain. In addition, this structure is also smoother. It is believed that this is because if they had a larger and more complex brain, they would require more energy. 10. They suffer from Chlamydia unfortunately, chlamydia is a bacterial infection that is common in koalas. These animals usually have the bacteria that causes the disease, but without causing any complications. However, due to the increased stress in marsupials due to the alteration of their habitat, their immune system is depressed, giving way to bacterial infection that can cause blindness and infertility. If you want to continue learning interesting facts about animals, don't miss the playlist we've left here. Tell us which of these facts surprised you the most. Until next time, experts.