Plastic Koala with Baby

G'day from Down Under!

Our Plastic Koala with Baby

Our lifelike koala and baby are made of a sturdy resin and painted in lifelike colors. The details make it an interesting gift, teaching aid, or collector's item. The size (2 inches) is measured from front to back of the mother.

About Koalas

The koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is not a bear, but a marsupial, found only in Australia. It lives exclusively in trees and is a herbivore. It looks a little like a wombat, but is a tree dweller. It has long sharp claws adapted for climbing and weighs 11 to 30 lbs. A baby koala is referred to as a joey and is hairless, blind, and earless. At birth the joey, only a quarter of an inch long, crawls into the downward-facing pouch on the mother's bellywhich is closed by a drawstring-like muscle that the mother can tighten at will) and attaches itself to one of the two teats.

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