Tree-climbing with joey | Wild Koala Day 2018

Tree-climbing with joey | Wild Koala Day 2018

The day a koala joey leaves the pouch, they have to learn to hang on tight. Mother koala spends 99% of her day high in a tree. To get enough gum leaves to feed herself and her baby, she has to climb to the top branches of a new tree every day. She uses all her fingers...
Koala kisses in the gum-trees | Wild Koala Day

Koala kisses in the gum-trees | Wild Koala Day

Koala joey Kozo is one year old and almost ready to leave her mum, KiKi. For several weeks the pair have been sitting in the same tree, but not together. This is one of the first steps to independence for a koala joey. The bond between mother koala and joey is very...