10 Fun Facts About Koalas

koalas are often called koala bears this is inaccurate as koalas are not bears rather they are marsupials many believe that the common usage of koala be startled when Europeans first came to Australia they thought that koalas look like bears so they were often called koala bears this confusion may have been led to a misleading family name vascular today Vasko meaning pouch or bag and learnt from the Greek word arctos means bear on a sad note koalas the only extant representative of the family fascicle up today all other family members from the aid of the genesis are now extinct and koalas are the only lone family member this is even more reason to protect and cherish the koalas the koala gestation period lasts just 33 to 35 days after which time the female gives birth to a Joey although twins can occur on occasion the young Joey's are born while at the embryonic stage weighing only half a gram the Joey keeps developing inside the pouch and emerges at around 6 to 7 months of age a