Because of their low-quality diet, koalas conserve energy by their relatively sedentary behavior, moving slowly and sleeping up to 18 hours a day.
Because of their low-quality diet, koalas conserve energy by their relatively sedentary behavior. They are slow-moving and sleep up to 18 hours a day.
Because koalas are extremely slow-moving animals, they are relatively defenseless.
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• Sources | (Dubuc & Eckroad, 1999; MacDonald, 1995)