I have a wildlife zoo-Chapter 749 - 748 The Sleeper Koala

In Australia, there are no large carnivores that can climb trees, nor are there other animals competing with them for the toxic and hard-to-digest eucalyptus leaves. Therefore, koalas have continued to thrive; that’s their unique way of survival!

In nature, it’s not the strongest that survive, but the most adaptable.”

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“No wonder it’s sleeping so soundly—it’s intoxicated!”

“Last time I went to the zoo to see the koalas, they were so still, I thought they were fake!”

“Every day after digesting their food, they eat for a few hours then get dizzy and continue to sleep off the toxins. A day passes just like that, eating and sleeping! It sounds quite pitiful when you think about it!”

“I actually envy them. Isn’t that a comfortable life? Waking up to food, eating then sleeping, without the hard work of getting up early to squeeze into the subway or staying up late for overtime.”

“If only I were a bit cuter, no one would be able to call me lazy!”

“They don’t eat anything other than eucalyptus leaves?”

“They don’t eat anything else, very picky eaters!”

Fang Ye pinched the koala’s fluffy ears!

The koala seemed to react this time, flapped its big ears, and glanced at him.

The netizens held their breath all of a sudden, oh, was it going to get up and move around now?

But it didn’t!

It lowered its arm to hug the tree trunk and continued to sleep with its face resting on the trunk, just changing to a different position.

“Ah~”

Disappointed that their expectations were let down, the netizens sighed.

“When will it come down from the tree and move around?”

Fang Ye said, “To come down from the tree, it would have to finish all the leaves on this eucalyptus tree!

Since eucalyptus leaves provide so little energy, they only move within a very small area; you could say they are the ultimate homebodies.

So, when wildfires approach, even if koalas realize something is wrong, they can’t run fast, and the energy from eucalyptus leaves can’t sustain them to run far. They can only wait to be burnt to death.”

In the past few years, Australia’s wildfires were fierce, and what everyone found most regrettable were the koalas. Many were burnt to death, moving the species from ‘Least Concern’ to ‘Vulnerable’ status.

However, koalas have no natural predators, and as long as their environment does not deteriorate, just a few years of reproduction will naturally lead to recovery.

As this koala snuggled into the tree trunk for a deep slumber, Fang Ye went to find another koala.

Three had been introduced at one time, and there was one more that had been slated to be shipped abroad but was left behind for observation due to feeling unwell.

This koala, feeling watched, woke up in a daze!

Blinking its eyes, it saw Fang Ye waving, and sensing the familiar presence on him, it stretched out a paw, intending to jump from its current tree trunk onto the horizontal beam of the perch.

However, the distance to the beam was quite far!

Its two paws managed to grasp the horizontal bar, then released the feet that were clinging to the trunk, hanging beneath the bar, swinging to and fro!

The round, chubby body swaying back and forth looked quite adorable.

But after a couple of sways, it lifted its legs, clumsily climbing over the bar like someone escaping class by climbing over a wall.

Squatting down, it hopped a few steps, arriving in front of Fang Ye.

Clinging onto Fang Ye’s shoulders, it curled up its legs and just hung there on him!

Fang Ye supported its bottom with one hand—although it wasn’t necessary since the koala clung tightly, as hanging from trees was their forte.

He began to laugh with joy, “Good kid! You like hanging out with me, don’t you?”

He gently kissed the koala on its cheek!

“Wow, not bad with those moves!”

“Haha, those few hops just now were probably its exercise for the day!”

“Sure enough, all animals like the zookeeper, and koalas are no exception!”

Fang Ye took the koala down and held it in his arms.

As Fang Ye gently swayed its paws, the koala stared ahead with its round, innocent eyes!

Aside from its ears which were slightly unkempt, the rest of its body was covered in short, fluffy fur that was very cute.

Fang Ye’s hand moved under its armpit, gently rubbing its clean white belly, as the koala’s grey claws rested on his hand, allowing him to stroke them; its eyes narrowed in enjoyment.

Respect, truly respect~

Fang Ye said with a laugh, “Koalas are really comfortable to touch! The fur on their buttocks is especially thick, since they spend most of their time sitting on tree branches and sleeping; it feels like touching a carpet. The fur in other areas is softer and more delicate!”

“I want to hold and touch a koala, too, wailing!”

“Let go of that koala, let me do it!”

“Whimper, I’m not envious at all /lemon/lemon”

“Where’s the koala’s pouch? I can’t see it?”

“Is this one a male?”

Fang Ye said, “This one is a female! Male koalas are larger, with more pronounced noses, and they even have a noticeable scent gland on their chest.

Her pouch is on this side. A koala’s pouch faces downwards, a relatively rare type, but don’t worry about the baby falling out. The muscles clamp the pouch shut like a rubber band, only opening when needed.”

He poked underneath her belly, motioning for Lan Li to bring the camera closer.

Sure enough, the opening of the pouch was visible, but it seemed the koala was a bit shy and slapped Fang Ye’s hand away.

“Hehe.”

Fang Ye patted the koala’s head, giving it a massage, and the koala obediently squinted its eyes again.

A curious netizen asked, “Zookeeper, I heard that baby koalas grow up eating poop, is that true?”

Fang Ye said, “That’s true! Baby koalas can’t digest the toxins in eucalyptus leaves, so during the transition from milk to eating eucalyptus leaves, around five or six months old, the mother koala produces a soft, diarrhea-like poop, which is like a smoothie, containing the mother’s unique digestive bacteria.

Eating dumplings, eating noodles calls for the original soup and original food, and the same goes for eating poop.

The pouch opening facing downwards also makes it easy for the baby koala to feed on its mother’s feces! The baby just licks the mother’s bottom, and the koala mom poops, allowing her child to eat it in perfect harmony.

After a while of munching on poop, the baby develops the ability to digest eucalyptus leaves on its own.”

“Holy shit, that sounds disgusting!”

“rua, I’m gonna vomit!”

“I just put down the chocolate bar I was eating halfway through…”

“Could you not describe it as original soup and original food! /crylaugh”