Holy leaping koalas....

[Bricktop]

Would YOU be a baby koala...



Here's mum, perched on a branch. You may just see baby clinging to her tummy.

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But she needs to get to another branch to go to the top of the tree.



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She lines up for a leap across to a branch around 2 metres away...note that all that holds her to the branch are her claws, and all that holds baby to her tummy are HIS tiny claws...

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[Bricktop]

Point of no return...she lunges towards the branch. Baby is hanging on...



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[Bricktop]

And she's up, up and away...across the gap while baby still hangs on to her.



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How the hell that little critter knows she's leaping, and how tight to hang on, I could not tell. Amazing creatures.



Sorry its blurry...I did not expect her to take the leap and didn't have the camera set up correctly. But you get the idea.

[Anonymous]

Wonderful pictures Bricktop.

 

[Bricktop]

Nailed it. Note that she jumped to a perfectly smooth limb, with only her powerful claws giving her enough grip to avoid falling 20 metres, baby and all.



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[Bricktop]

Wonderful pictures Bricktop.

 

Thank you, m'dear!!



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[Anonymous]

Nailed it. Note that she jumped to a perfectly smooth limb, with only her powerful claws giving her enough grip to avoid falling 20 metres, baby and all.



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They are like monkeys, but cuter.

[Berry Sweet]

Nice! That would be a sight to see!  Mainly all I see here are crows and seagulls...the squirrel population seems to be coming back.  I gave been seeing them a lot in the past year.  Would be cool to see a koala or a monkey hanging out on the tree next to my balcony.

[Bricktop]

I don't like your chances of seeing a koala, let alone mum and baby. You don't have what they eat!! Whilst we often see them, it's rare to see them with young, as they tend to hide away until baby is big enough to survive on its own.

[Anonymous]

Nice! That would be a sight to see!  Mainly all I see here are crows and seagulls...the squirrel population seems to be coming back.  I gave been seeing them a lot in the past year.  Would be cool to see a koala or a monkey hanging out on the tree next to my balcony.

How about a wino and a crackhead.

[Bricktop]

They are like monkeys, but cuter.

"She said we're CUTER than monkeys!!!!"



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[Bricktop]

Nice! That would be a sight to see!  Mainly all I see here are crows and seagulls...the squirrel population seems to be coming back.  I gave been seeing them a lot in the past year.  Would be cool to see a koala or a monkey hanging out on the tree next to my balcony.

How about a wino and a crackhead.

You volunteering?



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[Anonymous]

[Berry Sweet]

Nice! That would be a sight to see!  Mainly all I see here are crows and seagulls...the squirrel population seems to be coming back.  I gave been seeing them a lot in the past year.  Would be cool to see a koala or a monkey hanging out on the tree next to my balcony.

How about a wino and a crackhead.

I see them on the daily.  God knows how they survive.

[Anonymous]

Nice! That would be a sight to see!  Mainly all I see here are crows and seagulls...the squirrel population seems to be coming back.  I gave been seeing them a lot in the past year.  Would be cool to see a koala or a monkey hanging out on the tree next to my balcony.

How about a wino and a crackhead.

I see them on the daily.  God knows how they survive.

Monkeys and koalas hang out on trees, winos and  crackheads hang out at dumpsters next to balconies. They are urban wildlife.