What is going on here?
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- Опубликовано: 3 сен 2021
- What is going on in these shots? Don't ask me! Dasyurids do not carry young like that, and koalas don't eat vegetation from the ground. My best guess is that the koala is trying to source minerals lacking in its diet, and the hopping pair of ....er .... no idea. Has anyone seen this before? The echidna is the only citizen behaving normally. What a strange video.
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Koala def has some sort of side hustle going on in the dirt there, I can respect that.
regardless of what's going on, that is one cute Koala. Thanks for the upload!
that mating frogs in the intro though😂
If the little hopping Dazzy in the first few moments of the video is indeed an Antechinus, it might be one who has just caught a particularly massive locust or grasshopper or something.
Maybe the Koala is just waiting for a mate? =P
Another great video, such beautiful animals 🥰
I read you say it wasn't dirt the koala was eating. It might be the next best thing.
At the koala care centre I volunteer at, we have dirt on offer in every run. It provides minerals and the like. I usually see ones with gut issues eat from it. But my research is only during the day. Perhaps they all eat some during the night when they are more active.
Koalas will eat stems and chew on their wooden frame (the ones in care that is), so I suspect these extra food bits, outside of typical leaf material, serves a purpose.
So much is unknown about koalas. What IS known is fascinating. Videos like these help with the fascination 🧡
Thanks for your insight. And I agree wholeheartedly; it's an upload like this of wild koala action that gives us some good vision of normal life
Forget about the koala and what I want to know is, what are those critters at the start, you know, the ones hoping, together
may l suggest they are frogs... 😁
Hi RossSP, that's what I want to know too. We have documented yellow-footed antechinus and slender-tailed dunnarts at that location, but the ears are too big and upright for an antechinus, and it is too big to be a slender-tailed dunnart. If anyone knows what they are, I'd love to know!
@@GubanaNatureRefuge - I still think it was a pair of mating frogs 😄
@@NannupTiger yep I agree. Though I wouldn’t have thought of a mating pair so thank you for making me look more carefully. 😊
I just saw my own post. Just want to emphasise that was a wholesome scientific comment !
@@NannupTiger No; have a look at 0:01. They are clearly mammals. You may be correct about the sex though. I would suggest the female is hopping away with the larger male still connected by his penis. Some wee fellas hang in there no matter what.
Hey there! What was the koala eating? I can't bear not knowing 😋 also is that the same echidna that we usually see drinking from their water tub or do you have many? thanks for great video!
Hi there Tas, I really wish I knew? Definitely not dirt, because this is filmed on pure sand country, which would sound much crunchier on the footage! I can only imagine that it is actually a juvenile drop bear eating freshly killed prey. My daughter informs me that you can tell it is a juvenile because the fangs haven't sprung yet. As for echidnas - oh there are squillions of them out there. During mating season we have seen echidna trains of a dozen or so, which is pretty awesome.
@@GubanaNatureRefuge -- thanks, mate! 😄
@@GubanaNatureRefuge echidna trains?!?! That's awesome!!!! 💙
what great footage, well done! koalas eat dirt quite often. 2 reasons, as you suspect for minerals, but also for the bacteria
kangaroo mice I think? looks like there's lots we don't really know until citizen scientists get out there and observe. really great stuff, thanks for sharing this!
Hello KG, thank you for sharing your knowledge - very much appreciated. Love your channel :)
Awww cute koala, great footage.
How well is koala behaviour actually understood? Is this peculiar or are genuinely wild koalas not typically observed like this?
I also noticed the temperature went up 5 degrees in 10 minutes; maybe that's just because the camera was on for a prolonged period?
Hi Andy, yep. Sadly the cameras tend to reflect their own temperature rather than the ambient air temperature, so the prolonged firing of the infrared flash resulted in a misleading temperature display. I have sought advice from the Queensland Department of Environment and Science about what the koala is doing - we have never seen this behaviour before. Koalas eating clay soils for the mineral content has been documented before, but this is pure sand country. The sand is just silica and little else, so I'm pretty sure the koala is eating vegetation, or possibly the scats of another animal???
@@GubanaNatureRefuge Is it possible that they're confused between the sand and normal clay soils?
Koala was making his screen debut.💕🐨💕
Would love to know what that is in the beginning, hopefully someone knows!
Is there a way to donate to you guys? I’d like to help set up some water troughs. Is that possible? How can I help?
That's a lovely thought. I'd do a one off donation too.
Hello OGKB, thank you for the kind thought, but we honestly are very lucky to be financially secure enough to be able to fund all the work we have time to do. We have had about 18 months now of very mild conditions, so there isn't a lot of work we need to do, other than NOT DESTROYING ANYTHING - such a difficult concept for many landowners it would appear .... oops, did I say that out loud? ;) The best way to help and make absolutely sure that you are making a difference is to support a group in your immediate local area - that way you can see that you are making a difference.
Was thinking minerals or salt for the Koala but as you said, that’s very unusual. Would love to know what the hopping creature was? Don’t see many of them in Brisbane!
It's clearly a Chazzwazzer
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What a nice koala.
SO CUTE
I don't know what's going on but one thing is for certain: Someone isn't afraid of the camera!
Maybe it was eating koala poop. I mean they do as babies.. maybe they keep a taste for it?
Hello JE, eating some kind of poop makes a lot of sense - even if it was just wallaby poop, it would possibly contain useful gut bugs?
I can’t provide any insight whatsoever. But I enjoyed spying on these critters in the middle of the night, so thanks for that. Animal behaviour fascinates me. It does look like two toads mating in the very beginning but it’s hard to say, you’d know better. The animals you have there are so very different than what I’m used to seeing. I love your videos.
Hello Heather, thank you for watching and taking the time to share your thoughts - very much appreciated :)