@***super_nova*** wrote:yes, i do understand that, but still: "Koalas are nocturnal marsupials famous for spending most of their lives asleep in trees. During the day they doze, tucked into forks or nooks in the trees, sleeping for up to 18 hours. " So if one strolls down the mainstreet of a town that has been there for hundred plus years, it is not normal koala behavior.
Koalas are mostly nocturnal animals and they are most active during the night and at dawn and dusk.
This is because in the cooler hours they are less likely to lose precious moisture and energy than they would during the hotter daylight hours.
An average of eighteen to twenty hours each day are spent resting and sleeping, and the remainder for feeding, moving around, grooming and social interaction.
That's why you see a lot more Koala's in Portland,as it's a cold place so they can "handle" the conditions
better.
They are always wandering around on the golf course,(you can see numerous ones during a round).
In Portland is is normal behaviour to see them during the day,(they have no ill effects from this and there
is a healthy and thriving population in and around Portland),
Vic, what was your point with this ? ..i am sure he is looking for water.
The koala in the video wandering down the street looked lovely and healthy I thought.
The koalas wander around her in daylinght hours,usually early morning or late afternoon but sometimes in the middle of the day.
I'm trying to remember why those koalas were moved from the island (that they had previously been introduced to) Was it because the island had become overpopulated or were they trying to introduce healthy koalas to combat the chlamydia? hmmmmm can't remember.
wow, we sure did some 'culling' in the past.
To understand the problems faced by today's koalas, it is necessary to appreciate the recent history of koalas in Australia. Back in the late 1800s and early 1900s there was a thriving world trade in koala fur and by 1930, koalas were already extinct in South Australia, estimated at only thousands in New South Wales, thousands in Victoria and approximately 10,000 in Queensland. Approximately three million koala furs went to market during the early 1900s and as many as ten million were estimated to have been shot during that time. A six month open season on koalas in Queensland in 1919 alone yielded one million koala skins.
In 1930, American President Herbert Hoover banned the importation of koalas skins into the US and following public outrage in Australia, koalas were eventually protected in all states by the end of the 1930s, but their habitat was not protected and in most cases, it still isn't.
Because of the fur trade, people around Australia became concerned for the koala's survival and a 'handful' of koalas were moved from mainland Victoria to French Island and Phillip Island in the 1880/90s. The records of this period are poor but oral history suggests that a sealer presented his lover on French Island with a gift of a small group of koalas (thought to be as few as four). Koalas were also moved from the mainland to Phillip Island at around this time. In 1923, wildlife authorities in Victoria commenced translocating animals back to mainland habitats. Between 1923 - 1994 approximately 10,000 koalas were translocated from French Island, Phillip Island and other populations founded by their stock to mainland Victoria, Kangaroo Island and mainland South Australia
from here: https://www.savethekoala.com/our-work/island-populations
