Koala
~~~
He’s such a cuddly little guy,
to lose him we’d regret.
And though he’s on the threatened list
he’s not endangered......Yet!
Unique to East Australia
but known the world o’er.
He lives high up in eucalypts
not on the forest floor.
His diet is the tough gum leaves,
he eats no other food,
and that is where the problem lies.
The future bodes no good.
For they’re cutting down the forests
at an increasing rate,
and one can only wonder
what is Koala’s fate?
So let us hope the powers that be
on logging, shut the gate,
to save our trees and wild life
before it’s all too late.
~~~
The Koala is a marsupial (not a bear) whose baby stays in the pouch for six months then
clings to her back for another six. They sleep for many hours through daylight, and feed at
night on the leaves of the eucalyptus tree from which they also derive most of their water
supply. They need a large amount of these trees to survive.
Copyright © Margaret Foster | Year Posted 2010
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