The Down Under Salad Bowl by Bonnie Lee

Elianne (Emu) asked all her guests to bring their favorite bowl of food to share with one another.

See my cute big nose? I have an excellent sense of smell and I can select the best tasting leaves with this nose of mine. 

Ready to look for the best tasting leaves with me? 

Let’s go!!

Koalas are Very Fussy Eaters!!!

 Koalas smell like cough drops because of their diet of here are many kinds of eucalyptus trees. Koalas will eat from only a few of these; a koala can eat 2 1/2 pounds of eucalyptus leaves a day.

Koalas also have special adaptations that enable them to feast on eucalyptus leaves.

Very fussy eaters, koalas use their excellent sense of smell to select the best tasting leaves. Although there are 600 types of eucalyptus trees, koalas generally limit their diet to two or three favorite kinds. In addition, eucalyptus leaves are highly fibrous and poisonous to other animals. But koalas have bacteria in their stomachs that break down the fiber and toxic oils and allow them to absorb 25% of the nutrients. In order to survive on such a low calorie diet, koalas conserve energy by moving slowly and sleeping around 20 hours a day.

A koala’s territory is up to 100 trees.

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