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Yesterday. Wombat’s were part of the story. So today I’ll continue with other Australian native animals.
The Koala.

Koala. Commonly called the Koala Bear. I always call them bears which drives my wife batty and she is continually correcting me.
The animal is a marsupial- she carries the bub in her pouch- for about 6 months. They are herbivores and spend their time up the gum tree not necessarily in the canopy. Their diet is gum tree leaves and it is rare that they drink water.
The male is a Buck, the female is a Doe and bub a Joey. They live to be about 20 years max, are territorial and seem to need about 30 acres each. When I first heard one I mistook it’s grunting to be a pig. I’d never pick one up, the long sharp claws are quite a deterrent.
My daughter inlaw got a picture of one crossing the old railway bridge outside our house. A tourist got a picture of one sitting on our fence post. Maybe even the same animal. Pictures included, that’s if I manage to get them both on this story.