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6 months ago
We went to the PTA Zoo the other day and they have 2x there. So at least I am a step closer, I’ve seen live Koala’s :)
They are so cute and it was such an amazing experience!!
How to hold a koala bear
It made me
happy 
"Smelly but Cute"
How I did it: I did this when I went to Australia for study abroad. I went to a wildlife park and there is an option to get your picture taken with koalas. I got to hold Kip the Koala. They smell terrible because of the Eucalyptus.... smells kinda like urine. But they are really calm and cute and good huggers!
Lessons & tips: I held one at Rainforestation in Cairns, Australia. You can hold them in most wildlife parks.
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11 months ago
I should actually put this as the last thing on my list as Holding a Kuala intails me having to fly to Australia – which I have NO money for so one day I will be able to do this – but in the long run….but at least the goal is there and I WILL do it before I die!!
easy there
19 months ago
i held a koals and it started attacking me. ok it just reached for my face so the guide took him away right away. aww.
Baby Koala is ANGRY
2 years ago
that’s like a song my sister wrote called “Baby Koala is Angry”. Oh my lord, it’s the funniest thing ever!
did it 19 years ago...
2 years ago
...strange feeling, they got a tough grip and at first are not as cuddly as you would expect. But great feeling anyway. However looking back it was possibly stress for the Koala. So, as many other things i did, I would not necessarily do them again or recommend to do them – this time for the sake of Koala
Very worthwhile
2 years ago
Unlike my cats, these creatures seem to like to be picked up and cuddled. Yes, they are as cute as they look. I actually held two different koalas. One at Dreamworld and the other at Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary .
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2 years ago
i live in australia, so its not such a big deal 2 pat a koala.. never the less, they are positively adorable!!
They are cute, but not sweet.
2 years ago
The one I held had it’s own little teddy bear to clutch to keep it from clawing the person who was holding it.
NOT A BEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2 years ago
First things first…A koala is NOT A BEAR! It is a MARSUPIAL! It is not even remotley close to being a bear! HAvent you non Australians heard the song please dont call me a koala bear, ´cause i´m not a beat at all. It annoys me and my fellow australians peoples and residents (koalas) when you call them bears. The ARE NOT BEARS! There are acuually more misguided people wanting to hold koala bears than there are people wanting to hold koalas. It would make koalas everywhere happy if everyone changed their goal from koala bear to just plain koala. They are NOT BEARS!!! Got it? Koalas, not bears, good.
