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The Koala Bear!  My animal is the Koala Bear.(Phascolarctos cinereus) What's misleading about them is that they aren't really bears. They are marsupials. Marsupials are mammals with pouches containing teats. Their young are also carried there. The koala has soft, gray fur. On the tips of its ears is white fur. They have a black nose. Koalas eat eucalyptus leaves. A cool fact I know is that the koala doesn't need to drink water all the time because the eucalyptus leaves they eat are very juicy and they contain important vitamins and minerals the koalas need. Although the male koala tends to be bigger than the females, the females live longer. The general life span of a koala is about 17 years, but male koalas tend to get into fights with other koalas, accidents, and other reasons that harm the koalas.(Meanwhile, the females are safe up in the trees munching on eucalyptus leaves!!) Koalas weigh about 4-9kg and can be as tall as 70-90cm. Like a baby kangaroo, baby koalas are called joeys. They stay in their mother's pouch until they are big enough to walk on their own, which is about six months.

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