Comments on: Smelly Koalas http://blogs.sandiegozoo.org/blog/2006/04/19/smelly-koalas/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:40:24 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: grace http://blogs.sandiegozoo.org/blog/2006/04/19/smelly-koalas/comment-page-1/#comment-11630 grace Sun, 10 Sep 2006 08:57:48 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/general/smelly-koalas/#comment-11630 I think it's great to share interesting infomation about Australia's unique Koalas :) I think it’s great to share interesting infomation about Australia’s unique Koalas :)

]]> By: Ani Loa-Klum http://blogs.sandiegozoo.org/blog/2006/04/19/smelly-koalas/comment-page-1/#comment-8894 Ani Loa-Klum Fri, 23 Jun 2006 05:56:24 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/general/smelly-koalas/#comment-8894 Hi Jennifer, Aren't some of the places around their head that housecats like to be petted the very places they rub against objects in their environment to mark them with their scent? Cats will manoeuvre their bodies when I am petting them to bring those areas into contact with my fingers. I've always imagined that evolution has led in cats to pleasurable feelings being associated with rubbing stimulation of those cat areas. Couldn't a similar mechanism be operative in male koalas? -- Ani Hi Jennifer,

Aren’t some of the places around their head that housecats like to be petted the very places they rub against objects in their environment to mark them with their scent? Cats will manoeuvre their bodies when I am petting them to bring those areas into contact with my fingers. I’ve always imagined that evolution has led in cats to pleasurable feelings being associated with rubbing stimulation of those cat areas. Couldn’t a similar mechanism be operative in male koalas?

– Ani

]]> By: megan http://blogs.sandiegozoo.org/blog/2006/04/19/smelly-koalas/comment-page-1/#comment-8428 megan Sat, 10 Jun 2006 18:31:07 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/general/smelly-koalas/#comment-8428 I am going into the seventh grade this fall and ever since I was in the first grade I have been wanting to help the koalas because they are endangered. Is there any way I can help? I am going into the seventh grade this fall and ever since I was in the first grade I have been wanting to help the koalas because they are endangered. Is there any way I can help?

]]> By: autumn http://blogs.sandiegozoo.org/blog/2006/04/19/smelly-koalas/comment-page-1/#comment-7963 autumn Sat, 13 May 2006 23:30:42 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/general/smelly-koalas/#comment-7963 i think that is wonderful, jennifer i think that is wonderful, jennifer

]]> By: Stacy http://blogs.sandiegozoo.org/blog/2006/04/19/smelly-koalas/comment-page-1/#comment-7555 Stacy Fri, 21 Apr 2006 12:52:58 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/general/smelly-koalas/#comment-7555 Very cool, Jennifer. I was very fortunate to hold a koala named Basil for a few minutes in Australia a few years ago. The keeper placed him carefully on my clasped arms. It was an opportunity of a lifetime. I also always thought of koalas as quiet, docile animals...until I visited the night zoo! Wow, those males can make some noise and climb up and down trees in a hurry. Thank you for sharing your studies with us! Very cool, Jennifer. I was very fortunate to hold a koala named Basil for a few minutes in Australia a few years ago. The keeper placed him carefully on my clasped arms. It was an opportunity of a lifetime. I also always thought of koalas as quiet, docile animals…until I visited the night zoo! Wow, those males can make some noise and climb up and down trees in a hurry.

Thank you for sharing your studies with us!

]]> By: delana http://blogs.sandiegozoo.org/blog/2006/04/19/smelly-koalas/comment-page-1/#comment-7513 delana Thu, 20 Apr 2006 13:46:57 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/general/smelly-koalas/#comment-7513 i think that is great i think that is great

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