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I realized tonight that I am starting to get too many Wild Facts as I am now having a tough time remembering which animals I have already talked about.\u00a0 You know I don’t want to repeat the same fact over and over again. I can’t believe that I haven’t done a Wild Fact on the Koala Bear.\u00a0 That is enough of my babbling, lets get on with the fact!<\/p>\n

The Koala Bear isn’t actually a bear.\u00a0 In fact the closest living relative of the koala bear is the……are you ready for it? The Wombat! That’s right, Wild Fact #874 and #873 are actually related.\u00a0 Just like the wombat and the kangaroo, the koala bear is a marsupial.\u00a0 You remember what the means right? I don’t want you to have to go back to yesterday’s fact to look up the definition so I will remind you.\u00a0 A marsupial gives birth to live young just like other mammals but then the young hops into the comfy pouch where it continues to grow. The baby (also called a Joey) is only about a quarter of an inch long when it heads to the pouch.\u00a0 It will stay in this external shelter for about 6 months feeding solely on milk.\u00a0 Interestingly enough the pouch of the koala bear contains a drawstring-like muscle that the mama bear can close and open at will.\u00a0 To me that is a pretty cool way to ensure your little joey doesn’t fall out.<\/p>\n

The koala bear feeds primarily on Eucalyptus leaves, which are low in protein, hard to digest and contain chemicals that are deadly to most other animals.\u00a0 So why do they feed on such problematic leaves? Simply because other animals can’t suvive off of these leaves, so it ensures food availability.\u00a0 The koala bear has a very low metabolic rate which allows them to be able to survive off of such low quality leaves.\u00a0 Due to this low metabolism, the koala bear tends to laze around for about 16-18 hours a day. If you ask me, they are living the dream life! I wish my job was just to sleep all day!<\/p>\n

Koala Bear Fast Fact:<\/strong> The fingerprints of the koala bear are incredibly similar to humans. Apparently, it is even difficult to distinguish the two apart using an electron microscope. This is an unverified fact but an interesting one to think about.<\/p>\n

Enjoy the rest of your day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I realized tonight that I am starting to get too many Wild Facts as I am now having a tough time remembering which animals I have already talked about.\u00a0 You know I don’t want to repeat the same fact over and over again. I can’t believe that I haven’t done a Wild Fact on the Koala Bear.\u00a0 That is enough of my babbling, lets get on with the fact! The Koala Bear isn’t actually a bear.\u00a0 In fact the closest living relative of the koala bear is the……are you ready for it? The Wombat! That’s right, Wild Fact #874 and <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1947,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60,4024],"tags":[348,4029,529,531,530,187,4025,258],"yoast_head":"\n