WASHINGTON, May 4 — Scientists have solved a lingering mystery about koala behaviour — how these tree-dwelling marsupials native to Australia consume enough water to live. A new study describes koala drinking behaviour in the wild for the first time, finding that they lick water running down...
A female koala licks water off an eucalyptus tree trunk in the You Yangs Regional Park, Victoria, Australia in this undated photo released May 4, 2020. — Echidna Walkabout/Koala Clancy Foundation handout via Reuters
The findings, which the researchers said may be useful in koala conservation efforts, were based on 46 observations of koalas in the wild from 2006 to 2019, mostly at You Yangs Regional Park in Victoria state. The word Koala is thought to have meant “no drink” in one of the Australian Aboriginal languages. The question of their water consumption had long been puzzling.
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