Why Do People Hate Koalas?

Go to our sponsor https://betterhelp.com/minuteearth for 10% off your first month of therapy with BetterHelp and get matched with a therapist who will listen and help. On the Internet, koalas get an unnecessary amount of hate, so let's debunk some of the most pervasive koala myths! Featuring @tibees LEARN MORE ************** To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: - Fecal pap: a mixture of contents from an herbivore mother's caecum that colonizes the joey's gut with bacteria. - Marsupial: a mammal of an order whose members are born incompletely developed and are typically carried and suckled in a pouch on the mother's belly. SUPPORT MINUTEEARTH ************************** If you like what we do, you can help us!: - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Our merch: http://dftba.com/minuteearth - Our book: https://minuteearth.com/books - Share this video with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) CREDITS ********* Cameron Duke | Script Writer, Narrator and Director Toby Hendy @tibees | Koala voice Lizah Van der Aart | Illustration, Video Editing and Animation Nathaniel Schroeder | Music MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info OUR STAFF ************ Lizah van der Aart • Sarah Berman • Cameron Duke Arcadi Garcia i Rius • David Goldenberg • Melissa Hayes Alex Reich • Henry Reich • Peter Reich Ever Salazar • Leonardo Souza • Kate Yoshida OUR LINKS ************ Youtube | https://youtube.com/MinuteEarth TikTok | https://tiktok.com/@minuteearth Twitter | https://twitter.com/MinuteEarth Instagram | https://instagram.com/minute_earth Facebook | https://facebook.com/Minuteearth Website | https://minuteearth.com Apple Podcasts| https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/minuteearth/id649211176 REFERENCES ************** Blyton, M. D. J., et al. (2019). Faecal inoculations alter the gastrointestinal microbiome and allow dietary expansion in a wild specialist herbivore, the koala. Animal Microbiome, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s42523-019-0008-0 Can you teach koalas new tricks? (n.d.). ScienceDaily. Retrieved July 19, 2023, from https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160804101628.htm Clode, D. (2022, September 15). Friday essay: the koala – when it’s smart to be slow. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/friday-essay-the-koala-when-its-smart-to-be-slow-187003 Crowther, M. (n.d.). [Letter to Cameron Duke]. Gaillard, J.-M., et al. (2015). Does tooth wear influence ageing? A comparative study across large herbivores. Experimental Gerontology, 71, 48–55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2015.09.008 Logan, M. (2003). EFFECT OF TOOTH WEAR ON THE RUMINATION-LIKE BEHAVIOR, OR MERYCISM, OF FREE-RANGING KOALAS (PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS). Journal of Mammalogy, 84(3), 897–902. https://doi.org/10.1644/bba-002 Logan, M., & Sanson, G. D. (2006). The effect of tooth wear on the feeding behaviour of free-ranging koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus, Goldfuss). Journal of Zoology, 256(1), 63–69. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0952836902000080 Mella, V. S. A., et al. (2019). Needing a drink: Rainfall and temperature drive the use of free water by a threatened arboreal folivore. PLOS ONE, 14(5), e0216964. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216964 Ogura, T., et al. (2019). Koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) utilise volatile compounds to choose preferred Eucalyptus leaves. Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research, 7(2), 94–101. https://doi.org/10.19227/jzar.v7i2.360 Smaers, J., et al. (2021). The evolution of mammalian brain size. Science Advances, 7(18), eabe2101. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abe2101 Taylor, J., et al. (2006). MR imaging of brain morphology, vascularisation and encephalization in the koala. Australian Mammalogy, 28(2), 243. https://doi.org/10.1071/am06034 Weisbecker, V., et al. (2015). The evolution of relative brain size in marsupials is energetically constrained but not driven by behavioral complexity. Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 85(2), 125–135. https://doi.org/10.1159/000377666