Carranya

Information flowing from of our new friends in the Mornington Peninsula Koala Conservation Group, has challenged some of my long-held ideas on Koala habits (correctly so). Here we examine Koala's all-important dietary and feeding preferences based on recent 24/7 observations by Marsh et al (2014a and 2014b) at the Philip Island Sanctuary. Counter to earlier research assumptions, they found that Koalas mostly feed at night. Koalas also utilise different types of tree for resting and feeding…