what is the nessersery conditions for a panda and a koala if they are to be kept in a zoo. pls tell me about their food habits, habitat, living conditions and behaviour.
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Answer:
Koalas eat only eucalyptus leaves. ... Koalas don't get many calories from their diet, but they conserve energy by moving occasionally and by sleeping as much as 20 hours each day. At the San Diego Zoo, koalas are offered fresh branches from several eucalyptus species each day.
Explanation:
COMMON NAME: Koala
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Phascolarctos cinereus
TYPE: Mammals
DIET: Herbivore
AVERAGE LIFE SPAN IN THE WILD: 20 years
SIZE: 23.5 to 33.5 inches
WEIGHT: 20 pounds
Koalas live in the eucalyptus forests of southeastern and eastern Australia. When not sleeping, they’re usually eating. They rely on the eucalyptus tree for both habitat and food. Koalas can eat more than a pound of eucalyptus leaves a day. Eucalyptus is toxic, so the koala’s digestive system has to work hard to digest it, breaking down the toxins and extracting limited nutrients.
That’s why koalas sleep so much—they get very little energy from their diet. Tucked into forks or nooks in the trees, koalas may sleep for 18 to 22 hours.
Koalas usually don’t drink much water as they get most of their moisture from these leaves. Koalas can even store leaves in their cheek pouches for later. They eat so much eucalyptus that they often take on its smell.
COMMON NAME: Giant Panda
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Ailuropoda melanoleuca
TYPE: Mammals
DIET: Omnivore
AVERAGE LIFE SPAN IN THE WILD: 20 years
SIZE: 4 to 5 feet
WEIGHT: 300 pounds
Wild pandas live only in remote, mountainous regions in central China. These high bamboo forests are cool and wet—just as pandas like it. They may climb as high as 13,000 feet to feed on higher slopes in the summer season.
Pandas are often seen eating in a relaxed sitting posture, with their hind legs stretched out before them. They may appear sedentary, but they are skilled tree-climbers and efficient swimmers.
A panda's daily diet consists almost entirely of the leaves, stems and shoots of various bamboo species. Bamboo contains very little nutritional value so pandas must eat 12-38kg every day to meet their energy needs. But they do branch out, with about 1% of their diet comprising other plants and even meat.