![]() Depending on the shipping provider you choose, shipping date estimates may appear on the shipping quotes page. When you place an order, we will estimate shipping and delivery dates for you based on the availability of your items and the shipping options you choose. Note that there are restrictions on some products, and some products cannot be shipped to international destinations. We can ship to virtually any address in the world. We'll notify you via e-mail of your refund once we've received and processed the returned item. If you need to return an item, simply login to your account, view the order using the "Complete Orders" link under the My Account menu and click the Return Item(s) button. This time period includes the transit time for us to receive your return from the shipper (5 to 10 business days), the time it takes us to process your return once we receive it (3 to 5 business days), and the time it takes your bank to process our refund request (5 to 10 business days). You should expect to receive your refund within four weeks of giving your package to the return shipper, however, in many cases you will receive a refund more quickly. We'll also pay the return shipping costs if the return is a result of our error (you received an incorrect or defective item, etc.). ![]() In human care, koalas can live up to 20 years.You may return most new, unopened items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. Their lifespan in the wild averages 12 to 15 years. Males are 50 percent larger than females. Koalas grow 2 to 3 feet long and weigh 10 to 25 pounds. DietĪ koala’s diet consists almost entirely of eucalyptus leaves. They live in fragmented eucalyptus forests on the eastern and southern coasts and inland areas of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. Over-browsed forests, brushfires, drought, infection, disease, urban encroachment, and even motorists threaten the koala population. Listed as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the koala population still faces obstacles that are diminishing their numbers. Thankfully, in the late 1920s, the Australian government instated a nationwide ban on the killing of these docile marsupials. Today, habitat fragmentation and loss due to logging, brushfires, and drought resulting from climate change are the greatest threats.Īt one time, koalas faced the threat of extinction by fur hunters. ![]() In the late 1920s the Australian government enacted a nationwide ban on hunting of these iconic marsupials for their fur. Due to this toxic, low-nutrient diet, they sleep between 18 and 20 hours a day to conserve energy. They consume 1 to 2 pounds a day, picking out young leaves and shoots. Of the 700 species of eucalyptus found in Australia, koalas eat the leaves of fewer than thirty. Koalas come to ground only to move between trees. A thick pad of fur on their hind ends acts as a portable cushion for sitting comfortably in branches. Powerful legs and sharp claws are used for climbing trees. Adult koalas are largely solitary but do have overlapping ranges. At about six months of age, a joey begins emerging from the pouch to ride on its mother’s back. Pap provides the youngster with the digestive bacteria needed to tolerate a diet of eucalyptus leaves, which are toxic for most other mammals. In the pouch the joey attaches to a teat to nurse and continues developing for the next six months.Ī joey’s first solid food is poop called “pap,” a specialized form of the mother’s feces that is soft and runny. Hairless and blind, a joey uses its sense of smell and strong front legs with claws to climb up its mother’s fur into her downward-facing pouch. A koala baby, called a joey, is born after about 35 days. After a very short gestation, marsupials give birth to embryonic or premature babies that are roughly the size of a jellybean. The koala is a marsupial, as are kangaroos, opossums, and their closest relatives, the wombats.
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