Njengoba kunikezwe lombhalo oyisithenjwa ngeKoala, ngitshele ukuthi yini ekha ingxenye enkulu yokudla kwayo, ukuthi ama-joeys achitha isikhathi esingakanani esikhwameni sikamama wawo nokuthi yiziphi ezinye zezinto ezibangela izifo eziwusongo kuwo.
Context:I-koala noma, ngokungaqondile, ibhere le-koala (i-Phascolarctos cinereus), i-marsupial edla imifino etholakala e-Australia. Yiyo kuphela omele umndeni we-Phascolarctidae osekhona kanti izihlobo zayo eziseduze eziphilayo yi-wombats. Ama-koala atholakala ezindaweni ezisogwini ezisempumalanga naseningizimu yezwekazi, ehlala eQueensland, eNew South Wales, eVictoria naseNingizimu Australia. Ibonakala kalula ngomzimba wayo oqinile, ongenawo umsila nekhanda elikhulu elinezindlebe eziyindilinga, ezinoboya kanye nekhala elikhulu elinjengesipuni. I-koala inobude bomzimba obungu-60<unk>85 cm (24<unk>33 in) nesisindo esingu-4<unk>15 kg (9<unk>33 lb). Umbala woboya usukela koluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka kuya koshokoledi. Ama-koala avela ezindaweni ezisenyakatho ngokuvamile mancane futhi anombala okhanyayo kunama-koala aseningizimu. Kungenzeka ukuthi lezi zinhlobo zingama-subspecies ahlukene, kodwa lokhu kuyaphikiswa.  Ama-koala ngokuvamile ahlala emahlathini avulekile e-Eucalyptus, njengoba amaqabunga alezi zihlahla enza ingxenye enkulu yokudla kwawo. Lokhu kudla kwe - eucalypt kunezithako zokudla okunomsoco nama - calorie amancane futhi kuqukethe ubuthi obuvimbela ezinye izilwane ezincelisayo ukuba zingakudli. Ama-koala ngokuvamile awahlali futhi alala amahora afinyelela kwangu - 20 ngosuku. Ziyizilwane ezingenabo ubudlelwane, futhi isibopho sikhona kuphela phakathi komama nenzalo ethembele kubo. Amaduna amadala akhulumisana ngezwi elikhulu elisabisa izimbangi futhi adonsele abangane bawo. Amaduna abonisa ukuba khona kwawo ngokukhishwa yizindlala ezinamakha ezisesifubeni sawo. Njengoba zingama-marsupial, ama-koala azalela amawundlu angathuthuki ngokwanele agcwala ezikhwameni zomama bawo, lapho ehlala khona izinyanga zokuqala eziyisithupha kuya kweziyisikhombisa zokuphila kwawo. La ma-koala asemasha, aziwa ngokuthi ama-joeys, asuke eseyekiswe ngokuphelele ukuncela lapho eseneminyaka ecishe ibe munye ubudala. Ama-koala anezilwane ezimbalwa ezidla ezinye nemikhuhlane, kodwa asongelwa amagciwane ahlukahlukene, njengamagciwane e-Chlamydiaceae nama-retrovirus ama-koala.
I-eucalyptus iyingxenye enkulu yokudla kwazo. AmaJoy achitha izinyanga zokuqala eziyisithupha kuya kweziyisikhombisa zokuphila kwawo esikhwameni sikamama wawo. Zisongelwa amagciwane anjengama - Chlamydiaceae nama - koala retrovirus.