Live Teddy Bears - The Koala

live teddy bears soft furry animals that are called koalas these koalas live in a koala Park koalas eat green leaves the leaves of eucalyptus trees they're juicy in crisp and spicy leaves from eucalyptus trees are all that koalas do eat and the leaves are so juicy that koalas get all the water they need while they're eating koalas don't drink water they spend most of their time in eucalyptus trees Australia is the home of the Koala this Australian boy and girl have come to the park to see the koalas and they've found some here they are three of them they really do look like teddy bears some people call them koala bears but they really aren't bears at all children of many lands play with stuffed teddy bears but only the children in Australia can go to a park and play with real live koalas the little teddy bears in koala Park are rather tame there's one for brother and one for sister koalas pull themselves up the tree by their strong front legs they have sharp claws too they grab the bark of the tree with their sharp curved claws and hold on that way see how the koalas toes are separated three and two this gives them a strong grip for holding onto the trees the eucalyptus trees where they live in koala Park far away from koala Park is the bush country of Australia this is the only country in the whole world where wild koalas live great forests of eucalyptus trees grow here high up in this eucalyptus tree in the bush country is a soft and woolly ball and of course it's a koala high up in the tree is eating as usual nearby is a kookaburra this bird lives only in Australia - and below are a couple of Wallabies Australia is the only place where Wallabies live a wallaby makes a good pet in another eucalyptus tree is another furry ball it's a mother claw and look closer see her baby let's call this tiny koala teddy mother keeps Teddy safe high up in the eucalyptus tree he has just come out of her pocket we call the pocket the pouch baby teddy keeps warm and snug and safe in mother's pouch he can squeeze himself all the way into the pouch mother's warm pouch is a good place for a nap but not now teddy comes out for a look at the big wide world he's wide awake it's nice and warm on Mother's back nice and warm in the Australian sunshine up onto mother's back he comes baby teddy holds tight to mothers soft thick fur he snuggles against her while she finds a bite to eat now baby Teddy gets a picker back ride he's a little large to travel in mother's pouch and he can see more when he rides picker back in another tree is a father koala koalas don't often go down out of the trees they are safer in the trees they spend most of the time eating and sleeping and eating and sleeping now teddy is older old enough to go exploring all by himself he's learning how to take care of himself he has already learned to pull with his strong shoulders in front legs he is learn to dig into the bark with his sharp claws up the high eucalyptus tree he goes all by himself Keti is all alone way out on a limb all alone exploring until at last poor teddy is lost but see who's looking for him it's mother koala where is her teddy Teddy's not so brave now where is mother koala where is mother here she is he jumps back into mother's arms he's safe again daddy will stay with mother he's had enough adventures for a while down the tree they come mother koala and teddy no more exploring for teddy koala today here is a good place to rest after their long trip teddy is tired now just a wooly little sleepyhead father koalas not far away he has been up on the high branches looking for leaves a koalas sharp curved claws and bowed legs are better for climbing than for walking koalas have no tails mother koala doesn't often go down out of the tree he doesn't have to go to the ground for a drink because remember koalas never drink they get the water they need from the leaves or from the dew on leaves when father koala wants to get to another tree he just jumps across perhaps the leaves on this tree are fresher and greener father koala tears them off with his teeth now what another jump there's still another tree mother koala and teddy have stripped most of the leaves from these branches will they find more higher up the tree or will they go down they're going on a longer trip this time they're going down to the ground down to the ground in the wild Australian bush there goes father koala what's his hurry and why is mother koala in a hurry where is she taking her baby is she afraid of something father koala is still running running from a big dog run father koala run run to a tree the big dog is coming hurry hurry up the tree hurry mother and Teddy the dog can't climb the tree all he can do is to look up now and here you're safe mother and little Teddy are safe high up in the tree high up in the tall eucalyptus tree mother koala holds little teddy snug and safe in her arms bright-eyed little soft and furry teddy koala teddy bear living in eucalyptus trees in the bush country of Austria five