Bark-eating koalas shake expert consensus on dietary behaviour
by Elle Hunt from Environment | The Guardian on (#VE9F)
Scientists amazed by isolated group of koalas in New South Wales that have developed a taste for the bark, as well as leaves, of eucalyptus tree species
An isolated group of koalas has baffled Australian ecologists by developing a taste for the bark, as well as leaves, of a particular species of gum tree.
The behaviour is widespread among several hundred koalas found in New South Wales - but is limited to the brittle gum, Eucalyptus mannifera, and only some individual trees.
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