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The native bearInroduction     The native bear is the Australian jewel. It has rattling furry, ash colored hair,a rubbery somber nose, sharp claws, fuzzy ears, and a grizzly personality, orshould I say, koalality. If you come out a koala, youll make a million off theirfur They would divvy up the fur to coat companies and make coats out of koala fur.Well, sadly enough, besides many people are making millions on koalas. Thats whytheyre endanger species.Habitat     The koala is distributed along the eastern coastal semi-tropical forestsof Australia, ranging from north Queensland, new-made South Wales, Victoria, and asmall area in the south of Australia. spawn     The male koala and the female koala have ii very different mating calls.When humans reach their sexual maturity date at around the age of 14 or 15, koalasreach their sexual maturity at the age of two. The female produces one babyevery new(prenominal) year. The koala almost never produces twins. In the females pouch,there are two nipples. The female koala mothers birth after a 20-35 day gestation periodperiod. When the joey (baby koala) is born, it is no longer than 2 cm andweighs no more than a 1/2 gram. The joey stays in its mothers pouch for 5-7months. The term "joey is apply when you are talking about a baby marsupial.The mother gives " teat to the joey, a liquid from the caecum (which is similarto the human organ, appendix.) This is thought to give the joey the ability toeat only eucalyptus leaves. When the joey emerges from the pouch, it clings toits mother for another sevener months. The joey stays with its mother for anotherthree or four years, until it is full grown.Diet     Koalas eat eucalyptus and dont drink in water. I guess thats how theygot their name. In the aboriginal language, "koala" means "no drink water."But, the koala does drink water, only when it is ill. Out of th e 350 species ofeucalyptus, the koala can only eat 20, forget only eat 5, and only prefers to eata certain one. population and Extinction     Since the koala population has dropped since 50% since the turn of thecentury, the Australian establishment passed a law banning anything harmful to thekoalas. At first, in the 1920s they were killed for their fur. Then, somehow,a high perce... ...e      New ColumbiaEncyclopdia, 1975 ed., p. 1491      (New York Columbia University Press)Bergh, John. Austrailian Koala Hospital Assosiation,      Inc. Koala Facts Sheet,     http//onthenet.com.au/jbergh/koala2.htm      (Sydney onthenet.com)Bergh, John. Austrailian Koala Hospital Assosiation,      Inc. Koala Facts Sheet,     http//onthenet.com.au/jbergh/koala4.htm      (Sydney onthenet.com)Bergh, John. Austrailian Koal a Hospital Assosiation,      Inc. Koala Facts Sheet,     http//onthenet.com.au/jbergh/koala1.htm      (Sydney onthenet.com) land Book Encyclopdia, 1996 ed., 11361 (Chicago      World Book, Inc.)Payne, Oliver. "Koala Out on a Limb," National Geographic Magazine, April,1995 (Washington, D.C. National Geographic Society Press)Academic American Encyclopdia, 1994 ed., 12103.      (Danbury Grolier, Inc.)