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Baby koalas

Baby koalas eat their mother's droppings to take in vital bacteria passed from the mother's gut. This later helps them to digest eucalypt leaves. Young koalas stay dependent on their mothers for a whole year, the bond only being broken when she gives birth to her next baby.

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Wild Down UnderGUM TREE COUNTRY

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