The koala holds the accolade for 'the animal that sleeps the most'. This Australian icon sleeps for 20-22 hours each day (sounds good to us), making it the sleepiest creature in the animal kingdom.
The two to four hours koalas are awake they manage to eat up to one kilogram of eucalyptus leaves a day. Eucalyptus leaves are very fibrous and low in nutrition, and to most animals are extremely poisonous. To cope with such a diet, nature has equipped koalas with specialised adaptations.
However bushfires have devastated some of their key habitat. WWF is working alongside local communities to restore what has been lost.
The koala is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
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