Yesterday three young koalas came into the kindy (koala kindergarten). I'm pretty sure this is Meggs. I will have to do some 'nose work' today 🤣. There are two girls and a young fella. Should be a couple of great photo week except that the trees are quite dense in the kindy so it could be a challenge too as they need to really dehumanise. Oh well a challenge is good eh.
@pandorasecho yes it stands for kindergarten 😊 these youngsters were orphaned and hand raised. they are here learning for the first time to climb trees, develop muscles, dehumanise and see how they cope as the next step towards release into the wild 😊
@beryl longer than it takes for a koala mum to raise them. She is nearly 2 years old now and I haven't got the paperwork for her release yet, but the other female is around 3.3 kg and she is a similar size. A joey leaves mum and becomes independent at around 1 year or 2 kg. We can't teach them what mum can when they are tiny, so they have a longer process. A 6 month old joey would be up in much higher trees clinging to mum's back. If we had some carers who could climb trees we'd be fine 🤣🤣🤣
@koalagardens -- Thanks -- so much to consider , and so much for the little ones to self teach to become independent -- I suppose they do learn a little from on another as well as their own instincts !
@onewing sadly none of this batch either. they do not split them up but will release the three together. even though they will go their separate way in the wild they get to work that out themselves.
there will be more coming, so hopefully I'll get to keep one batch ...
I'm glad to see the kindy is in use again- and hopefully some of your visitors will also get to transition on to your property at some point. Meggs is just as cute as her companions.
October 14th, 2020
Leave a Comment
Sign up for a free account or Sign in to post a comment.
there will be more coming, so hopefully I'll get to keep one batch ...