- Known for being a leaf-eating specialist, the koalas diet is mainly restricted to the foliage of eucalyptus species and the leaves of gum trees.
- All Hugh the eucalyptus leaves are typically rather poisonous to most animal species, the koalas digestive system has been specially adapted to be completely immune to it.
- koalas sleep or rest for up to 22 hours each day because their bodies need a lot of energy to digest gum leaves and when they are sleeping they save energy.
- Koalas are the only mammal besides the Great Glider and Ringtail Possum to survive on a diet of a eucalyptus leaves.
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