Orphaned Koalas

[wombat2u2004]

Awww! So cute! And beautiful!

I have heard it was very tricky to have marsupial babies survive out of the pouch. I don't know for koalas specifically, I guess it also depends on their development stage. But when I see them, I am convinced they were extremely lucky A pity the mom is not here anymore

Yes, it has a lot to do with development. Because when they are born, they are so small, almost the size of a bean, and they sort of wriggle and crawl until they get into the pouch and lock onto a teet.
We raised a very young kangaroo once, he was pretty small, and was rejected by his mother. We nursed him and when he was big enough we nailed a sugar bag to a fence post and the joey would use that as his pouch.
He never went far from our house, until he matured, then he must have thought about all those girl kangaroos he was missing out on......we seen him less and less then, until finally he just went away.

[chocolatepuppy]

Oh my gosh, how cute!!!

[Medusa]

Oh. My. Goodness. They are so adorable. Thankfully, they were rescued and thank you for sharing this, Wom.

[Catherinedana]

The 3rd baby picture nearly killed me with cuteness!!!

Actually, I was hoping they were up for adoption!! hee hee!

[Bonny]

So tiny to start with & then so cudley & sweet.

[krazyaboutkatz]

They're so adorable. I'm so glad that they were rescued and are now doing well. Thanks for posting these cute pictures for us. I've always loved Koala bears.

[luckies4me]

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/mammal/...marsupial.html

Everything you read will tell you the Thylacine is extinct, however there has been some recent research and evidence that shows this species still exist.

[Marigold2]

How incredibly precious. Now that is the kind of baby I wouldn't mind raising.

[luckies4me]

Where did the photos come from? Do you work at a wildlife center? They are awfully cute. Just curious if this was a story from a paper or if you yourself took part in their care.

I raise marsupials for pets.