Watch a Koala Stuff Its Face With Leaves

The koala is an amazing creature that lives in Australia and looks like it’s made entirely of fluff, which sounds like something out of your imagination, but it’s real. You can see one in the video below eating leaves from a branch high up in the tree as if it was just munching on some herbs or picking lint off its belly fur. It’s not only adorable to watch, but informative too—it can teach you how these slow-moving marsupials live their day-to-day lives up in the trees.

The Importance of Leaves
Even though they're one of the biggest marsupials in the world, koalas only eat eucalyptus leaves. It's an odd choice for their main diet, but they're pretty much out of options. There are no other plants big enough to satisfy their appetite and suit their sensitive digestive system. Fortunately, they've found that eucalyptus leaves contain all the nutrients they need to stay healthy without any nasty side effects!

A Day in the Life of a Koala
When we think of koalas, we usually imagine them lazily lounging in the trees with their paws tucked beneath them. In reality, koalas spend up to 20 hours of their day looking for food and digesting what they find.

What Does it Look Like When They Eat?
There are plenty of cute things to watch on the internet but I don't think I've ever seen anything cuter than watching this kangaroo as it happily munches on leaves in its enclosure.

How Do They Eat So Much?
Koalas have poor eyesight but acute senses of smell, hearing, and touch. They often spend the day sleeping in tree branches as well as on the ground below.

Why Are There So Many Pictures of Them Eating?
The koalas are large tree dwelling marsupials that live in Queensland, Australia. They have an unusual diet that is mostly comprised of eucalyptus leaves.