The Life of Blinky the Koala!

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Hi, my name is Blinky, and I’m a Koala. You know, the cute little critters with the sharp claws that could rip your eyes out! I’m 7 feet tall….ok only kidding; I’m about 1 foot tall. I live in this fantastic little place called Kennett River. It’s on the Great Ocean Road. I sit in the trees all day, looking out over the ocean and watching the world go by.

Generally, these big white things with wheels show up in the middle of the morning. There are people inside looking through the glass, gawking. It’s pretty funny. Sometimes I laugh hysterically at the looks on their faces, pointing and sudden flashes (apparently, according to my friend across the way, Joey, they are called cameras). I wish I had one of these cameras to make flash at the funny looks on their faces!

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What does koala mean in Aboriginal?

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But enough about them, let me tell you a little about myself. Back in the time before time began, these people came to live with us here in Australia. I got to know Us Koalas well, and they called us Koala (which means….doesn’t drink. What a joke, I have to say I drink enough to get by!) These aboriginals have been here in Australia for over 60,000 years, maybe even longer, and we have lived happily together for a very long time.

How does a koala give birth?

How does a koala give birth

These days, Koalas live in many different areas of Australia. And my home in Kennett River is one of the most beautiful. I live here with my wife, Em, and my son Oscar. Oscar is only eight months old and officially out of the pouch (I will tell you more about that later). Em is fantastic; we have been together now for two years. Oscar is our 2nd Joey, and he is such a delight. Our 1st left us only a couple of months ago. She has gotten her hubby, and someday she will soon have kids. I should tell you a little bit about the journey of baby Joey. When they are “born”, they are called “pinkies”. They are tiny, about the size of your thumbnail, pink, with no hair, vision, or hearing. They crawl immediately into mum’s pouch (this awesome pocket the women have to carry their babies.) It’s in front, a bag outside of mum’s belly. So the Joey crawls in, attaches itself to a teat, and starts to suckle, which it keeps doing for 3 or 4 months before it does anything else! At about this point in time, the Joey starts to poke its head out occasionally to look around at the outside world. It has most of its hair and is beginning to adapt its vision and hearing. A month later, Joey gets very daring and ventures entirely out of the pouch. At this stage, Joe,y is pretty lazy., and hangs out on mum’s back or clings to her belly. I’ve got to admit; I admire Em.

 

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She has been with Oscar day in and day out since he was born, not even a minute to herself. I would go nuts, but she seems to love it. She is a great mum in that respect.

For the next few months, say between 5 and 8 months old, the little bugger hangs out just like this and even starts to venture sometimes into the branches. The Joey still spends much of its time in the pouch, and then one day, BANG, they are too big to be in the bag. So mum pushes them out, and even though they try really hard, she won’t let them back in. That’s the stage Oscar is at now, and even though he isn’t pleased about it….that’s life, isn’t it! So from here on, he is weaned, and Em and I will teach him to eat the Eucalyptus leaves. There are hundreds of species of eucalyptus trees in Australia, and we only eat approx 13 of them. We are pretty fussy buggers that way. I reckon those people in those big white vehicles must be a little silly, cos I hear that even tho we can tell the difference between the trees straight away, they can’t bless their little cotton socks.

From now on, we will teach Oscar everything he needs to know about surviving life. We usually live for about 15 years in the wild. Longer in captivity, maybe 25 years. I would hate not being free; I love my little tree and the spectacular views over the Great Ocean Road. Our little girl, Steph, left us when she was nearly 18 months. Girls grow up much faster than boys, who usually don’t leave mum and dad until they are three. They go off, get their own families and live their own lives.

 

We are pretty lazy, too, you know. We sleep about 20 hours each day, and we eat for the other 4 hours. Eucalyptus leaves taste pretty terrible even to us, but there is nothing else that we can eat. Sometimes I get a belly ache if I overeat the leaves at the bottom of the tree, but they taste much sweeter than the Eucalyptus leaves at the top.

We look cute (Em is pretty cute, anyway, I have never been able to look at myself!) And babies are gorgeous, and we are rather cuddly. But don’t mess with our claws, cos they are incredibly sharp and cause destruction! And that, indeed,, pretty much sums up our lives. And that indeed, pretty much sums up our lives. And that, indeed pretty much sums up our lives.

That’s it from me. I’m going back to my tree and my family now and continue to be cute, cuddly, ary, and lazy. And that’s the way we Koala roll.

 

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