ap. At the end of the day, koalas are wild animals. Like most wild animals, they prefer to have no contact with humans at all. One study showed that even captive koalas experienced stress when humans approached too close to them. As you get closer to a koala, their behavior will change. They will likely stop resting or feeding and stare at you nervously. Koalas are not the cute, cuddly, and inviting animal, they are often portrayed as. If you ever find yourself close to one, you should proceed with extreme caution.
A few years ago, a dairy farmer named Ebony Churchill in Victoria, Australia, caught a video of a koala that chased her all-terrain vehicle for several minutes before she finally pulled over to find what the little bugger was up to. She was afraid of the koala attacking her, but he wasn’t giving up interest. Rather than being interested in Ebony or anything that she was hauling, the koala was more intrigued with her vehicle. A little confused, the dairy farmer watched the koala as it made its way around the car, inspecting every inch of it up and down.
Ebony was stunned to find out what the koala wanted. As it turns out, the real object of the koala’s affection was the ATV’s tires. Finding precisely what it wanted, the koala used its sharp claws to latch onto the rear tire and refused to let go for several minutes. Although tires and rubber would not be an obvious thing to eat, the koala found it incredibly appealing. Remarkably, Ebony commented on how cute the koala was and that the animals are particularly active this year. That is only one example of how a koala can leave you feeling shocked.
Not only because they might be attracted to the tires of an ATV but because they don’t realize that eucalyptus leaves are still edible when they are no longer on the tree. In terms of brain-to-body ratio, koalas have some of the smallest brains of any animal on the planet. Another way to measure intelligence is to measure the folds in the brain. For example, Einstein had extra folds in his mind that most people don’t have; more folds generally correspond to higher intelligence. However, koalas’ brains are as smooth as walnuts. They can’t help it. They’re just stupid.
According to the experts, koalas lack intellectual abilities. Despite looking extremely cute and cuddly, they are considered neither smart nor intelligent. A lot of basic examples confirm the lack of intelligence within koalas. For instance, they are usually not aware of their surroundings. They hardly pay attention to any unusual event that is happening within their surrounding areas. Their only preference is to sleep as much as possible. If it rains, koalas will not be bothered to move to some shade of branches to avoid it. Instead, they will continue to lay down in the rain. Even when there are brush fires, koalas will not leave their trees unless they get incredibly close.
There are hundreds of varieties of eucalyptus trees in Australia, but koalas will only eat the leaves of about 30. Moreover, the 30 that they are willing to eat are some of the most nutrient-poor varieties they could indulge in. However, they have to be somewhat aware of how poor their diets are, as they are known to fill in the gaps by eating dirt. After all, the soil has the calcium that the eucalyptus leaves lack. So you see, they are toddlers that are raging through the Terrible Twos and would rather eat dirt than a home-cooked meal.
When a koala is seeking the perfect eucalyptus tree, they evaluate the tree’s size, the neighborhood it is found in, and the taste of the leaves that matter the most. They are very fussy eaters and have extreme preferences for different types of gum leaves. Within a particular area, as few as one, and generally no more than two or three eucalypt species will be regularly browsed. These are more commonly referred to as primary browse trees. The variety of other species, including some non-eucalypts, are only scanned occasionally or used for just sitting or sleeping. Since different eucalyptus species grow in different parts, koalas in different areas 