Cutest Koala
This cute baby koala was shot in Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, QLD, Australia.
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Learn about Koalas:
The Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is a thickset arboreal marsupial
herbivore native to Australia, and the only extant representative of
the family Phascolarctidae.
The Koala is found in coastal regions of eastern and southern Australia, from near Adelaide to the southern part of Cape York Peninsula. Populations also extend for considerable distances inland in regions with enough moisture to support suitable woodlands. The Koalas of South Australia were largely exterminated during the early part of the 20th century, but the state has since been repopulated with Victorian stock. The Koala is not found in Tasmania or Western Australia.
Contrary to (un)popular belief: A koala is NOT a bear!
The US Government have declared the koala a threatened species, however the Australian Government has not. A review of the species national conservation status concluded that the koala are not threatened at a national scale, with a population that numbers in the hundreds of thousands
As with most native Australian animals, the Koala cannot legally be
kept as a pet in Australia without a permit.
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About this photo
This was my first photo in Flickr Explore! Check this photo's Explore history.
Highest recorded Explore: 16 on Saturday, March 29, 2008!
It is currently the number one hit if you search for "koala" on Flickr, and the number one google-hit for "cutest koala". I get a LOT of views for this one, so thanks goes out to each and ever one of you for having a look at it!
It is currently used as one of several illustrative photos on the Wikipedia article on Koalas.
-Added to the Cream of the Crop pool as most interesting.
You can purchase prints of this photo here! Available framed or on canvas.
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Comments and faves
koalawrangler, broken_puzzle, microcanon, Jari Kaariainen, and 368 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Tamara Lee (smooveflava) (75 months ago | reply)
Aww...that would definitely have to be the cutest Koala Ive ever seen!!!
broken_puzzle (75 months ago | reply)
aww, it is pretty cute!
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Snail Trail (75 months ago | reply)
Aww! So fluffy. Nice picture.
Maria*PA (75 months ago | reply)
Look at that face, those eyes! So cute!
kimlawton (75 months ago | reply)
so cute, they all so cute.
Fiaz Tariq (75 months ago | reply)
A+++ Grade Photo
photogenesis ... (75 months ago | reply)
A+++ Grade Photo
{zalita} (75 months ago | reply)
A+++ Grade Photo
alessandro manfredi (75 months ago | reply)
A+++ Grade Photo
Sun Spiral (75 months ago | reply)
A+++ Grade Photo
Erik K Veland (75 months ago | reply)
My gosh. Super A+++ already.
Thank you everyone!
_vanitY_ (75 months ago | reply)
This photo is a certified...
You can now post it to an open contest and
Super A+++ Group
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Seen in a discussion of A+++ Photo (Post 1 give A+++ logo to 3 pics)-1/day-Read Rules. (?)
Tad 20D (75 months ago | reply)
Congratulations!
Your wonderful photo has been invited to "Stock the Park"
Please INVITE another animal before posting.
Please identify your animal/bird and add a tag parkstock to it.
Thank you Stock the Park Group
Jari Kaariainen (74 months ago | reply)
Congrats! What an amazing creature!!
....have gone... (68 months ago | reply)
this is just too cute!! this is one of my favs!! :)
Erik K Veland (63 months ago | reply)
I can't believe this is still in Explore :D
Kimberly_28 (62 months ago | reply)
Please add this fantastic animal shot to:
National Geographic Animal Lovers
Thank you for sharing your animal photos!
lutik22 (Irena) (61 months ago | reply)
Cute Australian guy makes pictures of cute Australian things - what could be better ;-)!!!
Erik K Veland (61 months ago | reply)
A cute Norwegian guy living in Australia taking pictures of cute Australian things? ;)
lutik22 (Irena) (61 months ago | reply)
he he,
I should have been reading your profile more carefully.
Are Norwegian (vikings) cute?;-))
Must be hot for you there.. ;-) Thanks for all comments.
Erik K Veland (61 months ago | reply)
Right now it's starting to get pretty chilly. About 17°C at night :)
oriss1987 (61 months ago | reply)
Pretty!! :) Nice shot
Pearl - (61 months ago | reply)
Post the Alphabet
The World Through My Eyes
Ginny Tan (61 months ago | reply)
yeah.. *nod*
its really cute. =D
Sonia Vázquez (59 months ago | reply)
~I SNIFFED out this wonderful image!
You deserve this nose worthy award!
Please ADD your
Impressively beautiful
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Please tag your photos ImpressedBeauty
Joaquim Antunes (59 months ago | reply)
Very cutie!!!
I saw this in Impressed by your Beauty! (Invite only images)
TMcesn (59 months ago | reply)
Cute sharp shot
I saw this in Impressed by your Beauty! (Invite only images)
Erik K Veland (59 months ago | reply)
Please Don't Call Me A Koala Bear lyrics
I'm a koala not a bear
And I don't think it's fair
The way that people always add a word that isn't there
I'm a marsupial and proud of it
And there can be no doubt of it
I'm closer to a kangaroo than I am to a bear
So please dont call me a koala bear
Coz I'm not a bear at all
Please don't call me a koala bear
It's driving me up the wall
If your name was Tom
And everyone called you Dick
Perhaps you'd understand why I'm sick, sick, sick
I'm simply a koala
And I want the name to stick
So please don't call me a koala bear
I live here in Australia
In a eucalyptus tree
I'm as cuddly, cute and charming
as an animal can be
I don't understand fair dinkum
How anyone could think them
Grizzly bears and polar bears
Are anything like me
So please dont call me a koala bear
Coz I'm not a bear at all
Please don't call me a koala bear
It's driving me up the wall
If your name was Tom
And everyone called you Dick
Perhaps you'd understand why I'm sick, sick, sick
I'm simply a koala
And I want the name to stick
So please don't call me a koala bear
ThisIsNotAnExit 6 (59 months ago | reply)
:O My favorite animal, and this may be my favorite picture of one. :)
aknauff93 [deleted] (59 months ago | reply)
i love koalas they are so cute they are my favorite animal
JoeB71567 (58 months ago | reply)
very cute ... instant fave!!
You deserve an AWARD!
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JOIN the pool
WITHOUT all the Rules!!!
K.aty ;) (58 months ago | reply)
Wow this is so unique!!!!!
Please add it to *** Flickr Animals post 1 award 2 *** www.flickr.com/groups/flickrsanimals/
wow i love your animal pics please join my group and share them!!!!!!!
koalabones (58 months ago | reply)
They are crazy-cute... I have been up close and personal with them when I had breakfast in the koala sanctuary. I got pics and got to pet them and everything... they are SO soft! Although, just like people, some are MUCH cuter than others... hee hee!
Kimberly Lynn [deleted] (58 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Unbearably Cute!, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
gonzalezteresa33 (58 months ago | reply)
Very beautiful animal and great shot !!!! Congratulations!!
stunningworks (57 months ago | reply)
nice
khunyai_2000 (57 months ago | reply)
This is Fur and Feathers with Attitude! Please join us.
Daveeeeeee (56 months ago | reply)
Hallo, ich bin der Administrator der Gruppe os animais dos mundos, und wir würden uns freuen, wenn Du dies zu unserer Gruppe hinzufügen würdest.
Tattoo Gallery 2009 [deleted] (56 months ago | reply)
Very good and cool pictures. I wish I have one.
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/31290736@N07/29 32170342/]
Lisa Bettany {Mostly Lisa} (56 months ago | reply)
i won't fall for the old drop bear story :P
rebelxtned (55 months ago | reply)
My granddaughter really likes this picture, so do I.
FelixSS© (54 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called ! ₪ Zen`sational World ₪ ! (Add 1 ~ Award 2), and we'd love to have this added to the group!
.+*Laura*.+ [deleted] (54 months ago | reply)
Lovely!
rikuka doll (54 months ago | reply)
aww that is too cute!
Emiilyy (54 months ago | reply)
This is the cutest Koala EVER :D
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johnnyb1954 (53 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Australian Pictorials, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Erik K Veland (53 months ago | reply)
Fairmagic17: While I appreciate your love for my photo, please take care to attribute me and link to the original photo page as stated in the very lenient Creative Commons licence under which this photo is posted.
Thank you.
kcrina [deleted] (53 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Cutie shots, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Your Photo Wins a Cutie
http://flickr.com/groups/cutieshots/
passion4raccoons now @ studio_pandadesign [deleted] (52 months ago | reply)
This is such a wonderful picture! I just found it and it is an instant fave!
Carine Gostar (52 months ago | reply)
love it !