The Ultimate Koala Quiz

Answer: Joey

Young koalas, like most marsupial babies, are called joeys. The joey usually climbs into its mother's pouch, or rests on its mother's back. Scientists usually refer to a joey as a 'juvenile'.

Answer: it is scared

The koala usually starts to scream like a baby when it is scared. Baby or female koalas are more most likely to scream, or cry.

Answer: Wombat

The koala is similar in appearance to the wombat, its closest living relative, although the koala has a thicker coat, larger ears, and longer limbs. The wombat is shorter-legged, and has a pouch opening towards its back legs, so that when its young is in the pouch, the wombat doesn't dig and fill the pouch with dirt.

Answer: True

Females hit maturity at 2 to 3 years of age. Males however, hit maturity at about 4 years of age. Soon after maturity, they start to reproduce.

Answer: Koalas have a pouch to carry their young

Koalas are similar to other marsupials, such as kangaroos and wombats. This means that they are animals which carry their young in a pouch attached on the front of the female marsupial.

Answer: True

A koala's fur feels, and also rather looks, like sheep's wool although it is not made of the same chemicals, such as lanolin. It acts like a raincoat, and absorbs the moisture when it rains.

Answer: Koalas get all their water needs from nearby streams.

Koalas are native to Australian eucalyptus forests. It is also true that baby koalas drink their mothers' milk. Koalas rarely drink water from nearby streams. Koalas get most of their water needs from the eucalyptus leaves that they eat each day.

Answer: No

Koalas really don't hunt at all, since they don't eat meat. They climb a tree, and if it has eucalyptus leaves, they will settle there for a while until they become hungry again later.

Answer: eyes

Conjunctivitis is one of the four main koala diseases. The other three diseases include pneumonia, cysts on the ovaries, and dirty tail.

Answer: They were hunted for their fur

Koala population rates started dropping increasingly rapidly in the early 1920s when they were hunted for their fur. Today, however, traffic deaths, habitat destruction, and wild dog attacks kill almost 4,000 koalas every year.