Koalas have magical fur which boosts their day to day lifestyle in a great number of ways. Not all the marsupial mammals of Australia are blessed with such a magical fur as koalas. Their fur is thick, wooly and fully fluffy with a built-in insulation which helps koalas against the external extremities and severities of the weather.
Koalas possess a magical fur that is thick, wooly, fluffy and water resistant. Koalas' fur protects them against all the severity of the weather.
Furthermore; koalas' magical fur is waterproof, therefore; the rain has hardly any impact on koalas as they rarely get drenched or soaked during the rainy season. Their thicker fur also allows koalas to look and appear bigger in terms of their actual size as well. This article elaborates all the key features of the koalas' fur and explains them in the most meaningful way.
The thickness of the koalas' fur is not uniform throughout their body. Their fur is very thick at the back and thickest at the lower back areas which act as cushion for an ease of sitting. On the other hand; at some areas, the koalas' fur is rather thin. For example; the fur at the koalas' chest is rather thin as compared to the fur at their back.
The koalas' fur is very thick at the back and even further at the lower back areas. However; their fur is a bit thinner at their chest.
According to some researchers; koalas often excrete their body heat from their chest areas by keeping the chest area straight towards the sky. They also protect this area during the cold weather and rain to avoid being affected by cold. On the other hand; the Male koalas' chest also has some secretion areas for scent marking of their territories. These secretion areas are bare and do not have any fur at all on them.
Koalas also have slight variations within their fur such as fur color and thickness etc. These variations are primarily dependent on the type of koalas as well. For example, koalas from the northern regions have light gray or gray colored fur, whereas; koalas from the southern regions have brown colored fur. The northern region koalas are also called the gray koalas while the southern region koalas are called the brown koalas.
Northern Koalas or the Queensland koalas have thin and gray colored fur while the Southern or Victorian koalas have thick and brown colored fur.
Furthermore; the southern koalas have thick fur because of colder climates while the northern koalas have relatively thinner fur because of relatively hotter climates. Northern and southern koalas are also called the Queensland and the Victorian koalas respectively.
The koalas' fur also help them to carry out a lot of sleeping and resting postures. Since koalas spend more than 90% of their time in sleeping or resting, therefore; their sleeping and the resting postures are fundamental to their lifestyle. Koalas' fur is the thickest at the lower back or the buttock areas and it acts like a cushion which allows koalas to adjust themselves in accordance with various sleeping and resting postures.
Koalas' fur is the thickest at their lower back which really help them to adopt various sleeping and resting postures. In fact; the fur in this area acts like a cushion for a comfortable sitting or berth.
Furthermore; fur also helps koalas to sleep at various locations of the Eucalyptus leaves. In fact; koalas' magical fur is the key reason that they have evolved half a dozen sleeping postures on the eucalyptus trees.
Koalas easily adopted to the colder climates of Canada, USA and Europe while their fur played a fundamental role to adjust themselves in such a weather. During the 19th and the 20th centuries, koalas fur also gained huge popularity worldwide. It was once believed that it is the only fur which can help against the extreme colds of the winter weather.
Koalas also become victims of unprecedented hunting because of their magical fur which according to the traders is the only fur that can fight best against the cold winters.
Furthermore; the softness, density and water-resistant ability of the koalas' fur attracted a lot of individuals to focus on koalas as the trading commodity. Sadly; such beliefs also led to the unprecedented hunting during the 19th and the 20th centuries and the koalas' population which was previously thriving in millions just left only to few hundred thousand only.
Lastly; koalas most probably possess the thickest fur of all the marsupials at the Australian continent. This is also one of the key reasons that their fur is considered as magical.
Koalas have the thickest and fluffiest of furs amongst all the marsupial species across the continent of Australia.
Even the koalas' closest relative the wombat marsupial doesn't have its fur as thick as koalas. People adore them for their thick and super soft fur and also love to hold them in their hands to cuddle them.
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