Is a koala a koala, and what is a sloth?

1. Koala

The koala, also known as the koala, is Australia’s national treasure and a unique and precious primitive arboreal animal in Australia. It is an animal with a relatively docile temperament. Koalas are not bears. Ursids belong to the order Carnivora, while koalas belong to the order Marsupials.

You can sleep up to 22 hours a day, and the rest of the time is for eating. Their food is relatively simple, only eating eucalyptus leaves, which are high in fiber, not rich in nutrients and difficult to chew.

They mainly get 90% of their water from eucalyptus trees. They basically don’t drink water. They only drink water when they are sick and drought. Most animals will get sick if they eat eucalyptus leaves, because eucalyptus leaves are poisonous. After eating eucalyptus leaves, it takes a long time to sleep to separate the toxic substances in the eucalyptus leaves.

2. Sloth

Sloth is a unique animal in South America. It lives in the tropical rain forest. It is the general name of the sloth suborder under the order Mammaliaceae. *** There are 6 species in 2 families, 2 genera, weighing between 4 and 7 kilograms. They move very slowly. Their shape is slightly like a monkey. Although they have legs, they cannot walk.

The main posture throughout its life is to hang upside down on a branch with its claws. It usually does not move for several hours, especially during the day. It usually hangs on a tree to sleep, and only becomes active at night. It also moves extremely slowly, so it is called a sloth.

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Extended information:

1. Habits of koalas

The gestation period of a koala is 35 days. Koala babies are very small, weighing only 5.0~5.5 grams.

At 22 to 30 weeks, the baby koala will eat a semi-liquid food excreted from the cecum of the mother koala. This food is very soft and nutritious, contains more water and microorganisms, and is easy to digest. The little koala digests and absorbs this food. This food will accompany the little koala through this important period from breast milk to eating eucalyptus leaves. During this period, it will gradually crawl out of the pouch until the little koala can completely eat eucalyptus leaves. Eat only eucalyptus leaves.

2. Habits of sloths

Sloths rarely see sunlight throughout their lives. They feed on leaves, buds and fruits. When they are full, they hang upside down on branches and sleep. It is said that it makes trees its home, and rarely leaves the tree it stays on throughout its life, unless there is nothing left to eat on that tree.

A sloth has to crawl for at least half a kilometer. Even when it encounters danger and escapes, the sloth's escape speed is only about ten meters per minute.

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