lumbar support

designer trees provide lumbar support but the claws are still needed to hold on tight ;) thank you for all the comments and interest in my project and the koala

[Sam]

Looks uncomfortable!

[Lee-Ann]

Nice shot...appears uncomfortable but looks very relaxed.

[Beryl Lloyd]

I would much rather rely on the claws than the tree branch - !!

[sally agnew]

That looks rather precarious :)

[Margaret Pengelly]

So pleased to see you are still posting Koala images. I never tier of watching their behaviour.

[Candace]

Haha, the branch is perfect for this one!

[gloria jones]

Great capture...the koalas get such precarious positions :)

[carol white]

A super capture

[Pyrrhula]

When they are sleeping that much are they not become an eazy prey for predators ? A nice meat balll in the trees?
Lovely shot.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

@pyrrhula they are usually sleeping 30 metres or more up in the tree tops. In this photo Legion is about 25 metres up a large red gum. The main predators are domestic dogs and cattle. usually the problem is that people let their dogs loose, or the koala climbs into a backyard (this happens quite a lot). with cattle, a koala trying to cross a paddock because they don't have enough trees will be attacked and killed by cows far too often.
so usually when they are asleep they are safe - it's when they have to get down onto the ground to move that they are the most vulnerable

[Rick]

Great capture.

[Valerie Chesney]

Oh, my aching back, he/she is so fast asleep it amazes me..

[Pyrrhula]

@koalagardens Many thanks . Very interesting.