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BIG SLEEPERS

Koala

Koalas are marsupials (mammals with a pouch, like kangaroos) that live in Australia. They eat only the leaves of eucalyptus trees. These leaves are hard to digest and don’t give much energy. So to save their strength, koalas spend most of the day (and night) napping and digesting. They may sleep 18 to 22 hours a day, waking up for short periods to eat leaves. YAWN. Enough talking. Time to sleep!

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