Frankie is looking like he has passed 3kg in size, must be some good tucker around :) Thank you for the awesome comments and questions on my photos here
@haskar yeah they don't really have a big array of expressions to give many clues. since he mostly looks like this, I'm guessing it's closer to happy than terribly worried hahahaha :)
Koalas are actually quite difficult to judge 'feelings' from. When we have them in care, they tend to respond much the same way to a lot of things - and when in pain they show very little outwardly. They have such low energy levels that even a stressed koala may get on the floor and pace for a little while, but then they perch again and might sleep for many hours straight. If not observed pacing, it can be presumed they are quite 'happy', but they may be anything but!
@koalagardens Hippeastrum is a genus in the family Amaryllidaceae (subfamily Amaryllidoideae, tribe Hippeastreae, and subtribe Hippeastrineae).[18] The name Hippeastrum, given to it by William Herbert, means "Knight's-star-lily", although precisely what Herbert meant by the name is not certain. For many years there was confusion among botanists over the generic names Amaryllis and Hippeastrum, one result of which is that the common name "amaryllis" is mainly used for cultivars of this genus, often sold as indoor flowering bulbs particularly at Christmas in the northern hemisphere. By contrast the generic name Amaryllis applies to bulbs from South Africa, usually grown outdoors. The genus is native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas from Argentina north to Mexico and the Caribbean.
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January 22nd, 2019
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Koalas are actually quite difficult to judge 'feelings' from. When we have them in care, they tend to respond much the same way to a lot of things - and when in pain they show very little outwardly. They have such low energy levels that even a stressed koala may get on the floor and pace for a little while, but then they perch again and might sleep for many hours straight. If not observed pacing, it can be presumed they are quite 'happy', but they may be anything but!
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