Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary - The Free Kangaroos

A kangaroo, also a marsupial like koala, is from the family of Macropodidae (Macropods, meaning 'large foot'). Like all marsupials, the baby of kangaroo is born at a very early stage of development after a gestation period of 31 to 36 days which only the forelimbs are developed to allow it to climb to its mother's pouch and attach to a teat. In comparison, a human embryo at a similar stage of development would be only seven weeks old. When the joey is born, it is the size of a lima bean. The joey will usually stay in the pouch for about nine months before being confident enough to leave the pouch for small periods of time. It is usually fed by its mother until reaching 18 months old.

Lazy Kangaroo...

Mummy kangaroo with baby kangaroo, joey in its pouch.

Mummy kangaroo is tired, oh baby man you are heavy.

Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary - The Cute Koalas

Some facts about koala:

Koala belongs to a unique group of mammals called marsupials which give birth to very underdeveloped young that complete their development in the pouch.

Koala 's pregnancy (also known as gestation) period is very short, between 33 to 35 days. Its newborn called joey is the size of a jellybean. After born, the joey crawl into its mother pouch which it must attach itself to one of her teats. The pouch faces backwards (opposite to kangaroos) so that no leaves or twigs get into it while the mother is climbing.

Pap feeding is the process which conditions the joey's stomach to digest the toxic eucalyptus leaves. It involves the joey stimulating its mother to produce a soft form of faeces that is high in micro-organisms that help break down the leaf which the joey will eat.

After 6 months, the joey will emerge from the pouch and cling tightly to its mother. When the joey grows and becomes more confident, it will permanently left its mother's pouch and can be seen riding around her mother back or stomach.

After 1 year of age, weaning is complete. The young koala will venture out by itself and establish its own home range. The life expectancy of koala in captivity is 14 years as compared to 10 years for wild one. As noted in Guinness Book of World Records, one koala in Lone Pine managed to live to an extraordinary age of 23.

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A very hungry Koala eating eucalyptus leaves.

Still feeling very hungry!

Napping koala wakes up, look very fresh!

A mummy koala eating away happily while its baby is sleeping.

Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary - The duck and the kangaroo

Kangaroo : Don't come near me.

Duck : I like it, so what.

Nearer the duck goes to the kangaroo.

Kangaroo : STAY AWAY FROM ME!

Kangaroo : Shoo! Shoo! Shoo! Don't even come near me again. I will bite. The kangaroo chases the duck away. The duck reluctantly went away.

Visit to World Largest Koala Sanctuary - Lone Pine, Brisbane Australia

Blue-winged Kookaburra is closely related to laughing Kookaburra, which is easily distinguished by metallic blue wing markings and high pitched trilling call.

Crocodiles have 66 teeth which all may be replaced if lost.

An emu- the male will sit on the eggs for 8 weeks until they hatch which during the period, the male hardly leaves the nest, not even to eat or drink. He loses a considerable amount of weight, relying only on the fat reserves that he built up before nesting.

The duck and the Brisbane City Botanic Gardens

Once there live a duck in a place called Botanic Gardens in Brisbane.It thinks that the pond is very big but in actual fact, the pond is just a pond in the Botanic Gardens.

Siem Reap - Views from Ta Prohm

Ta Prohm was one of King Jayavarman VII's first major temple projects which was dedicated to his mother. Ta Prohm was originally constructed as a Buddhist monastery and was enormously wealthy in its time, controlling over 3000 villages, thousand of support staff and vast stores of jewels and gold.

Ta Prohm was intentionally left partially unrestored. While the massive fig and silk-cotton trees grow from the towers and corridors offer a "jungle atmosphere" and some of the best "tree-in-temple" photo opportunities in Angkor, massive number of tourists and recent installation of wooden walkways are distracting the "jungle atmosphere" feel.

Siem Reap - Bayon Temple in Angkor Thom

Angkor Thom (also known as Big Angkor) is a 3km sq walled and moated royal city of King Jayavarman VII and was the last capital of the Angkorian empire.

Bayon, a state temple of King Jayavarman VII, was constructed during the late 12th century AD under Buddhism influence. The giant stone faces of Bayon have become one of the most recognizable images connected to classic Khmer art and architecture. There are 37 standing towers in Bayon only 4 are carved faces orientated toward the cardinal points. Who the faces represent is debatable: they may be Loksvara, Mahayana Buddhism's compassionate Bodhisattva or rather combination of King Jayavarman VII and buddha.

Victims of landmine in Cambodia - Khmer Traditional Band

Landmine victims making a living by forming Khmer Traditional Band which the name came about as they are using traditional musical instruments to make music.