#PREVIEW: The supremely adaptive Australian marsupial Koala from 36 or 24 million years ago. Daniel Clode
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🗓️ 29 July 2023
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#PREVIEW: The supremely adaptive Australian marsupial Koala from 36 or 24 million years ago. Daniel Clode
Koala: A Natural History and an Uncertain Future Hardcover – January 17, 2023 by Danielle Clode (Author)
https://www.amazon.com/Koala-Natural-History-Uncertain-Future/dp/1324036834
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| 0:19.3 | This is John Bachelor. Tonight a conversation with Daniel Claude, the |
| 0:24.4 | biologist from Adelaide Hills, Australia, South Australia. Her new book is |
| 0:30.0 | Koala, a natural history and an uncertain future. The Koalas are |
| 0:34.8 | marsupials, two-thirds of the mammals in Australia are marsupials, an |
| 0:39.7 | alternative form of birthing and care for the young. Daniel in response to |
| 0:46.5 | my question about how it's done gives us the life cycle of a newborn |
| 0:53.0 | Koala called a Joey and its relationship with mom, with the mother. |
| 0:58.4 | Koalas are wonderful creatures, make strange sounds, live in eucalyptus |
| 1:04.2 | trees in Australia, all across Australia. And because of the wildfires and because |
| 1:10.4 | of habitat destruction, the Koalas are constantly shifting around and hanging |
| 1:16.8 | on, but they've been with Australia for at least 24 million, perhaps 36 |
| 1:22.0 | million. So, I'm counting on the Koala to be there for another 24 or 36. Here's |
| 1:28.0 | Danielle on the care of a Joey. So, the mother, the Joey stays in the patch |
| 1:34.8 | for about five months after it's in the patch. So, it's not seen at all. So, the |
| 1:41.8 | baby first emerges, it pops its head out at about five months. And from there it |
| 1:47.4 | will start to slowly come out more frequently and climb out of the patch. But |
| 1:55.9 | it still stays, it's still drinking milk and reliant on the mother. And then it |
| 2:03.0 | starts to, it becomes, it's winged off the milk and starts to eat gum leaves. But |
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