Do you know Kval of Australia!?

Because it only drinks water when it is sick and dry, locals call it Kval.

01 Origins of me！

Koalas are a type of arboreal animal that inhabit Australia. They are also interestingly the sleepiest animal on earth, often napping for over 22 hours every day on eucalyptus trees. When awake, they spend most of their time eating, and they are essentially the biggest slobs in the world. The Koala is an endemic marsupial in Australia that is distributed in the northeast region of Australia's Great Dividing Range. The body length of koalas is about 70-80 cm. The weight of adult male koalas is between 8-14 kg, while that of females is 6-11 kg. The Koala has a simple body, looking similar to a bear, with thick, soft, and short grey-brown fur (the fur on the chest, abdomen, inside of limbs, and inner ears are gray-white.) Adult male koalas have a particularly prominent brown scent gland in the center of their white chest.

Forty-five million years ago, when the Australian continent separated from the Antarctic plate and gradually drifted northward, koalas and animals similar to koalas began to evolve. Fossils proved that koala-like animals existed on the Australian continent over 25 million years ago. In the process of drifting, the climate began to change drastically, and the Australian continent became drier and drier. Plants such as eucalyptus and rubber trees also began to change and evolve, and koalas became dependent on these plants. In the 1940s, koalas were once considered extinct.

It is generally believed that the locals came to the Australian mainland 60,000 years ago or even earlier. Like other Australian animals, koalas have become essential to many myths and legends in Aboriginal culture and civilization.  

02 Morphological characteristics

It has a pair of large, downy ears, a flat, bare nose, and no tail because its tail has degenerated into a "cushion" after a long period. Because the buttocks' fur is thick and dense, it can continue to sit in one place for a very long time.

The teeth of koalas are ideally suited to process their unique diet. Molars cut and grind the eucalyptus leaves while long, sharp incisors grasp them from the tree. The koala's tongue can efficiently stir and mix food in the mouth thanks to the space between the incisors and the molars. Koalas have a mainly developed sense of smell, making it easy to distinguish between different varieties of eucalyptus leaves and determine which ones are safe to eat and which are poisonous. They can detect the scents left behind by other koalas as a warning. Koalas can communicate with one another by using a variety of sounds. Male koalas mainly show their dominance by roaring to avoid fighting.

03 Life habits

Koalas have a mainly developed sense of smell, making it easy to distinguish between different varieties of eucalyptus leaves and determine which ones are safe to eat and which are poisonous. They can detect the scents left behind by other koalas as a warning. Koalas can communicate with one another by using a variety of sounds. Male koalas mainly show their dominance by roaring to avoid fighting.

A koala can identify a tree as his or another koala's at a glance. Even a year after a koala dies, other koalas won't move into this empty home area because, during this time, the former scent marks and bark scratches from the koala have not weathered away. Koalas will leave their small balls of excrement at the tree's base. A young koala must go to its mother's home base when it reaches sexual maturity. Its goal is to find and join another breeding population, which is more important than finding habitable environments. There are always a few male koalas that temporarily wander outside the stable group, frequently keeping watch on the periphery of the breeding group in anticipation of joining them and settling there permanently.

"I am today's protagonist - Koala. Welcome to my hometown when you have time - Australia 🇦🇺 Feel my charm closely. Life is not only living but also poetry and distance!"

——WLOL