'Koalas are an animal that most people will recognize and they know, but chances are they've not seen one in person before.'
for the first time in the zoo's 90-year history. Members of the zoo got a sneak preview of the koalas before the exhibit opened to the public.
"The chance to welcome koalas is a really unique opportunity for us," said Dr. Mike Adkesson, president and CEO of Brookfield Zoo Chicago. "Koalas are an animal that most people will recognize and they know, but chances are they've not seen one in person before. So, we're one of only 11 zoos to have koalas."Koalas are marsupials, not bears like some people call them.
"They’re actually closely related to kangaroos and wombats, both species that we have here in our Australia house," said Mark Wanner, associate vice president of Animal Care and Conservation."So yeah, I think a long time ago, some of the first people, they kind of set foot on the continent of Australia, sort of thought they were bears.""They're one of the few animals in the world that strictly eats eucalyptus," Wanner said.
How can you tell the difference between Willum and Brumby? According to the zoo, Willum has a darker nose than Brumby's, and he is the larger of the two. Brumby has a large pink spot on his nose. Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weekly"Koalas are listed as a 'vulnerable' species by the International Union for Conservation and Nature in its native land of Australia," Brookfield Zoo Chicago wrote in a press release.
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