-Delile
O koala ngokwesayensi eyaziwa ngaphansi kwegama lika I-Phascolarctos Cinereus futhi kungenye yezinhlobo ezingama-270 ezingomndeni we-marsupial, okungama-200 azo kulinganiselwa ukuthi ahlala e-Australia nase-70 eMelika.
Lesi silwane cishe singamasentimitha angama-76 ubude kanti abesilisa bangaba nesisindo esifinyelela ku-14 kilos, noma kunjalo, ezinye izinhlobo ezincane zinesisindo esiphakathi kuka-6 no-8 kilos.
Uma ufuna ukwazi okwengeziwe ngalezi zimarsupials ezithandekayo, kule ndatshana yePeritoIzilwane esikutshela yona lapho kuhlala khona ama-koala.
Ukusatshalaliswa kwama-koala
Ngaphandle kwalawo ma-koala ahlala ekuthunjweni noma emaphoyiseni, sithola ukuthi inani lama-koalas eliphelele nelikhululekile, elingama-specimens angama-80,000, atholakala E-Australia, lapho lo marsupial waba uphawu lwesizwe.
Singabathola ikakhulukazi eNingizimu Australia, eNew South Wales, eQueensland naseVictoria, yize ukubhujiswa okuqhubekayo kwendawo ehlala kuyo kubangele ushintsho oluncane ekusatshalalisweni kwayo, okungeke kube okuphawulekayo njengoba i-koala ingenawo amandla okuhamba amabanga amade.
Indawo yaseKoala
Indawo yokuhlala ye-koala ibaluleke kakhulu kulezi zinhlobo, njengoba inani le-koala linganweba kuphela uma litholakala ku-koala. indawo efanelekayo yokuhlala, okumele ihlangabezane nemfuneko eyinhloko ngokuba khona kwezihlahla zikagamthilini, ngoba amaqabunga awo ayingxenye eyinhloko yokudla kwe-koala.
Vele, ukutholakala kwezihlahla zika-eucalyptus kulungiswa ngezinye izinto ezinjenge-substrate yenhlabathi nobuningi bemvula.
i-koala iyi- isilwane arboreal, okusho ukuthi ihlala ezihlahleni, lapho ilala khona cishe amahora angama-20 ngosuku, ngaphezu kwe-sloth. I-koala izoshiya kuphela isihlahla ukuze yenze ukunyakaza okuncane, ngoba ayizizwa ikhululekile enhlabathini ehamba kuzo zonke izinyawo.
Ingabe abagibeli abahle kakhulu futhi jika ukudlula usuka kwelinye igatsha uye kwelinye. Njengoba isimo sezulu emahlathini ase-Australia siguquka kakhulu, usuku lonke i-koala ingahlala ezindaweni eziningana ezihlahleni ezahlukahlukene, kungaba ngokufuna ilanga noma umthunzi, ngaleyo ndlela izivikele emoyeni nasemakhazeni.
i-koala esengozini
Ngo-1994 kwachazwa ukuthi ngabantu abahlala eNew South Wales naseNingizimu Australia kuphela ababesengozini enkulu yokuqothulwa njengoba babebancane futhi besongela abantu, kodwa-ke, lesi simo sesibe sibi kakhulu futhi manje sesithathwa njengosongo kubantu baseQueensland.
Ngeshwa, unyaka nonyaka kufa cishe ama-koala angama-4,000 ezandleni zomuntu, selokhu ukucekelwa phansi kwendawo yabo yokuhlala kukhuphule nokuba khona kwalezi zimfundamakhwela ezincane ezindaweni ezisemadolobheni.
Yize i-koala iyisilwane esilula ukusigcina ekuthunjweni, akukho lutho olufanele ngaphezu kokuthi ingaphila endaweni yayo yemvelo futhi ikhululeke ngokuphelele, ngakho-ke kubalulekile ukwazi ngalesi simo ukunqanda ukubhujiswa kwalolu hlobo.
