5 Gross Facts About Koalas

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Baby koalas eat their mom's poop... and that's just the beginning. • Subscribe! http://bit.ly/1FkxVLb ‖ Twitter! / gross_science ‖ Tumblr! / grossscience • ↓Want more info?↓ • Additional info about the koala life cycle: http://bit.ly/1HPTmW4 • Info on the koala reproductive system: http://bit.ly/1HPPVi8 • Primary literature on the koala’s unique vocal organ (article behind paywall): http://bit.ly/1HPTQLW • Nature article on the koala’s bellow: http://bit.ly/1HPTZ1P • NOVA/PRI’s The World report on koala chlamydia: http://to.pbs.org/1HPUdWP • -- • Host, Producer, Editor, Animator, Additional Research • Anna Rothschild • Researcher, Writer • Elizabeth Preston • DP, Sound, Additional Research • Ceri Riley • Perfectly B • Music Provided by APM • ©WGBH Educational Foundation 2015 • Images and Footage • Audio and video of Koala Velar Vocal Fold Vibrations • Courtesy Dr. Benjamin Charlton • A video recording of a bellowing male koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) (called Andy) at Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary. • Movie S1 from: Charlton, B. D., Ellis, W. A. H., McKinnon, A. J., Brumm, J., Nilsson, K., Fitch, W. T. (2011). Perception of Male Caller Identity in Koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus): Acoustic Analysis and Playback Experiments. PLoS ONE, 6(5), e20329. http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0... • Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) newborn in pouch, Australia • Getty Images/Roland Seitre • young joey in pouch eating pap • Shutterstock/WF • Portrait of male Koala bear, Phascolarctos cinereus, 3 years old, in front of white background, studio shot • Pond5/lifeonwhite_photos • Koala chases girl riding an ATV and attacks • Ebony Churchill/ViralHog.com • http://bit.ly/1HPYrO5 • • Brushfire • Pond5/EcoMedia • Cutest Koala • Wikimedia Commons/Erik Veland • Phascolarctos cinereus ZooParc de Beauval, France -upper body 8a • Wikimedia Commons/frank wouters • Baby Koala • Wikimedia Commons/ • حسان هواري • • Koala with young • Wikimedia Commons/Brian Dell Bdell555 • Koala Eating • Wikimedia Commons/(--Pumpmeup) • Friendly Male Koala • Wikimedia Commons/Quartl • Koala • Wikimedia Commons/Summi • A cranky-looking koala, sitting beside the road on the way to Apollo Bay • Flickr/Shiny Things • (used with permission from author) • Koala02 • Wikimedia Commons/Mike R • • The World Factbook - Australia - Flickr - The Central Intelligence Agency (19) • Wikimedia Commons/The Central Intelligence Agency • Koala being treated for chlamydia • Ari Daniel/WGBH Educational Foundation • Koala and joey • Wikimedia Commons/Benjamint444 • • Koala Eating (3337014192) • Wikimedia Commons/Rennett Stowe from USA • Australia satellite plane • Wikimedia Commons/Reto Stöckl / NASA Goddard Space Flight Center • Macropus rufus in ZOO Plock • Wikimedia Commons/Bardrock • Vegemiteontoast large • Wikimedia Commons/Tristanb • SFX • Cockroaches • Freesound/StateAardvark • (used with permission from author) • • Squeak Pack/squeak_10 • Freesound/Corsica_S • Swishes • Freesound/Pogotron • • Produced by WGBH for PBS Digital Studios

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