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KOALA BEARSThe Life Of A Koala Bear

 

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Unlike bears or seals, koalas do not rely on a layer of fat below the skin as a form of insulation.

Blood flow to their bodies in cold weather, as in humans, can be reduced which then results in the conservation of heat.
Shivering is also a means of creating heat through fast contractions of certain muscles. This occurs when the temperature drops below 10 degrees centigrade.                        Koalas must adopt ways to conserve energy because to store little to no fat. Sleeping is one of the ways that they conserve energy. They sleep up to 16 hour per day.

 

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Created by Shelley Pederson
December 16, 2008
This website is part of a school project for the ABT course at the Okanagan College. All of the information and pictures are from Google and then under the koala bears website.