The koala bear is a small, woolly animal found only in Australia. The koala looks for all the world like a cuddly, live teddy bear. It is about tow feet, with ears seeming as if they were stuck on and with a patent feather nose and shoe button eyes. In fact, koalas are popularly known as Australian teddy bears. They are not real bears, of course. They are pouched animals. Baby koalas are carried in a pouch when they are fist born.
A koala makes its home in a special kind of tree, the eucalyptus or blue gum tree. It holds onto the tree branches with its sharp claws and feeds on the oily leaves. At one time you could see many koalas in zoos, but now there are only a few. The koalas were hunted for their fur until they were in danger of disappearing from the world. Today koalas are protected. No one is allowed to take them out of Australian any more.
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