Title: Another visitor
Post by: Bricktop on December 31, 2018, 08:36:23 PM
Post by: Bricktop on December 31, 2018, 08:36:23 PM
Title: Re: Another visitor
Post by: Frood on December 31, 2018, 11:58:08 PM
Post by: Frood on December 31, 2018, 11:58:08 PM
Title: Re: Another visitor
Post by: Anonymous on January 01, 2019, 12:01:49 AM
Post by: Anonymous on January 01, 2019, 12:01:49 AM
She just dropped by to say hi.Quote from: "Bricktop"ac_hithere (//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7871/32675225568_9326966e7c_z.jpg%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7871/326%20...%206e7c_z.jpg%22%3Ehttps://farm8.staticflickr.com/7871/32675225568_9326966e7c_z.jpg%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
Title: Re: Another visitor
Post by: Anonymous on January 01, 2019, 03:08:56 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 01, 2019, 03:08:56 PM
She just dropped by to say hi.Quote from: "Bricktop"ac_hithere (//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7871/32675225568_9326966e7c_z.jpg%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7871/326%20...%206e7c_z.jpg%22%3Ehttps://farm8.staticflickr.com/7871/32675225568_9326966e7c_z.jpg%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
That looks like a big one.
Title: Re: Another visitor
Post by: Bricktop on January 01, 2019, 06:27:08 PM
Post by: Bricktop on January 01, 2019, 06:27:08 PM
Title: Re: Another visitor
Post by: Anonymous on January 01, 2019, 06:30:37 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 01, 2019, 06:30:37 PM
She is about average...koalas are quite large at full size.Quote from: "Bricktop"
I just looked it up and they can weigh fifteen kilograms.
Title: Re: Another visitor
Post by: Bricktop on January 01, 2019, 06:48:47 PM
Post by: Bricktop on January 01, 2019, 06:48:47 PM
She's a fully grown adult.
Title: Re: Another visitor
Post by: Anonymous on January 01, 2019, 07:25:02 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 01, 2019, 07:25:02 PM
And she would be around that weight I think.Quote from: "Bricktop"
She's a fully grown adult.
That's a very large animal to be living in a tree.
Title: Re: Another visitor
Post by: Bricktop on January 01, 2019, 07:44:34 PM
Post by: Bricktop on January 01, 2019, 07:44:34 PM
Like many of our critters, they are unique and rather strange.
Title: Re: Another visitor
Post by: Anonymous on January 01, 2019, 11:02:05 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 01, 2019, 11:02:05 PM
If you look closely, you'll see she anchors herself at four points...it was a windy day, and the tree was swaying a lot...(hence the rather ordinary photo). They also have amazing balance and wedge themselves into branch forks to remain stable. They are highly agile for their size as well. (You remember the shots of the mother and baby flying between branches).Quote from: "Bricktop"
Like many of our critters, they are unique and rather strange.
Are they continent wide or just in certain areas of Australia. I know Kangaroo Island has a high concentration of them.
Title: Re: Another visitor
Post by: Bricktop on January 01, 2019, 11:28:18 PM
Post by: Bricktop on January 01, 2019, 11:28:18 PM
Not in the north or west, or Tasmania. It is believed they were hunted to extinction in Tasmania.
Kangaroo Island has a concentrated population that the Government intended to cull until the people said "no".
They only eat certain gum leaves...and those gums don't grow in most of Australia.
I never saw a koala in the wild, so to speak, until I was 40 odd. Certainly saw none as a kid.
We live in the hills surrounding Adelaide, where they are most common here in South Australia. Its cool to see them so close to suburbs.
Title: Re: Another visitor
Post by: Anonymous on January 02, 2019, 01:21:21 AM
Post by: Anonymous on January 02, 2019, 01:21:21 AM
Mainly on the east coast around to south east coastline as far as South Australia.Quote from: "Bricktop"
Not in the north or west, or Tasmania. It is believed they were hunted to extinction in Tasmania.
Kangaroo Island has a concentrated population that the Government intended to cull until the people said "no".
They only eat certain gum leaves...and those gums don't grow in most of Australia.
I never saw a koala in the wild, so to speak, until I was 40 odd. Certainly saw none as a kid.
We live in the hills surrounding Adelaide, where they are most common here in South Australia. Its cool to see them so close to suburbs.
It would be fantastic to see them in the wild or in your yard.
Title: Re: Another visitor
Post by: Frood on January 02, 2019, 01:31:00 AM
Post by: Frood on January 02, 2019, 01:31:00 AM
Had a can of Coke in there. It was raining and I was reading a book. Probably wanted to get in from the wet and have a sugary drink.
Title: Re: Another visitor
Post by: Bricktop on January 02, 2019, 02:34:49 AM
Post by: Bricktop on January 02, 2019, 02:34:49 AM
Mainly on the east coast around to south east coastline as far as South Australia.Quote from: "Bricktop"
Not in the north or west, or Tasmania. It is believed they were hunted to extinction in Tasmania.
Kangaroo Island has a concentrated population that the Government intended to cull until the people said "no".
They only eat certain gum leaves...and those gums don't grow in most of Australia.
I never saw a koala in the wild, so to speak, until I was 40 odd. Certainly saw none as a kid.
We live in the hills surrounding Adelaide, where they are most common here in South Australia. Its cool to see them so close to suburbs.
It would be fantastic to see them in the wild or in your yard.
It is a buzz. I admit getting excited when one visits.
Title: Re: Another visitor
Post by: Anonymous on January 02, 2019, 09:18:11 AM
Post by: Anonymous on January 02, 2019, 09:18:11 AM
Mainly on the east coast around to south east coastline as far as South Australia.Quote from: "Bricktop"
Not in the north or west, or Tasmania. It is believed they were hunted to extinction in Tasmania.
Kangaroo Island has a concentrated population that the Government intended to cull until the people said "no".They only eat certain gum leaves...and those gums don't grow in most of Australia.
I never saw a koala in the wild, so to speak, until I was 40 odd. Certainly saw none as a kid.
We live in the hills surrounding Adelaide, where they are most common here in South Australia. Its cool to see them so close to suburbs.
I thought they ate eucalyptus leaves.
Title: Re: Another visitor
Post by: Anonymous on January 02, 2019, 02:20:20 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 02, 2019, 02:20:20 PM
Mainly on the east coast around to south east coastline as far as South Australia.Quote from: "Bricktop"
Not in the north or west, or Tasmania. It is believed they were hunted to extinction in Tasmania.
Kangaroo Island has a concentrated population that the Government intended to cull until the people said "no".
They only eat certain gum leaves...and those gums don't grow in most of Australia.
I never saw a koala in the wild, so to speak, until I was 40 odd. Certainly saw none as a kid.
We live in the hills surrounding Adelaide, where they are most common here in South Australia. Its cool to see them so close to suburbs.
Their numbers are doing well.
Title: Re: Another visitor
Post by: Bricktop on January 02, 2019, 05:29:48 PM
Post by: Bricktop on January 02, 2019, 05:29:48 PM
Mainly on the east coast around to south east coastline as far as South Australia.Quote from: "Bricktop"
Not in the north or west, or Tasmania. It is believed they were hunted to extinction in Tasmania.
Kangaroo Island has a concentrated population that the Government intended to cull until the people said "no".They only eat certain gum leaves...and those gums don't grow in most of Australia.
I never saw a koala in the wild, so to speak, until I was 40 odd. Certainly saw none as a kid.
We live in the hills surrounding Adelaide, where they are most common here in South Australia. Its cool to see them so close to suburbs.
I thought they ate eucalyptus leaves.
Gum trees are eucalyptus. It's just easier to say "gum".
Title: Re: Another visitor
Post by: Anonymous on January 02, 2019, 08:26:57 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 02, 2019, 08:26:57 PM
Mainly on the east coast around to south east coastline as far as South Australia.Quote from: "Bricktop"
Not in the north or west, or Tasmania. It is believed they were hunted to extinction in Tasmania.
Kangaroo Island has a concentrated population that the Government intended to cull until the people said "no".They only eat certain gum leaves...and those gums don't grow in most of Australia.
I never saw a koala in the wild, so to speak, until I was 40 odd. Certainly saw none as a kid.
We live in the hills surrounding Adelaide, where they are most common here in South Australia. Its cool to see them so close to suburbs.
I thought they ate eucalyptus leaves.
Gum trees are eucalyptus. It's just easier to say "gum".
Oh, I see, thank you Bricktop.
Title: Re: Another visitor
Post by: Frood on January 02, 2019, 10:21:46 PM
Post by: Frood on January 02, 2019, 10:21:46 PM