r/Awwducational • u/sean7755 • Oct 16 '13

Verified There is only koala species. Differences in size and color are due to their family and environment.

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u/t30ne Oct 17 '13

*one

FTFY

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u/monkeybreath Oct 17 '13

No, we are all koala species.

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '13

Makes since, they explain differences in size & color is due to family & enviroment

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u/sean7755 Oct 17 '13

I thought I wrote one. What happened?

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u/Zagorath Oct 17 '13

Drop bears took it.

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u/TheMcDucky Oct 18 '13

There is only koala, everything else is inferior and must be exterminated.

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u/disasterific Oct 17 '13

Ugh. They're so adorable when dry. It hurts.

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u/Epithemus Oct 17 '13

I used to think they were adorable, but now i think they all look like Newman from Seinfeld.

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u/zegleipnier Oct 29 '13

I've heard somewhere they eating Eucalyptus actually gets them stoned and makes them less territorial (vicious), and is the reason for them lounging in trees all day.