Female koalas have a short gestation period of about 33 to 35 days. When the tiny, underdeveloped joey is born, it is about the size of a jellybean, blind, hairless, and extremely vulnerable. Immediately after birth, the joey crawls unassisted into its mother’s pouch, where it latches onto a teat and continues developing. Via: @thesydneyzoo | Detailed Explanation

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KOALA RESCUE Inc received a call from a most concerned member of the public, who reported that they had found a koala on the ground at the base of a tree. However, there was also a second koala involved. On arrival the rescuer located both a deceased adult female koala and a second adult male koala. It is always devastating to attend a rescue involving a deceased koala, but it was even more heartbreaking to witness the male koala actually holding and hugging the deceased koala. This type of beha