Fair Dinkum Koala Fact 03 Koala hands and feet are amazing with 6 thumbs and fused toes for grooming

🌳 Patreon for as little as $2 - https://www.patreon.com/koalagardens OR leave a donation to help the work here - https://paypal.me/koalagardens 🗣 Join us on my Discord server - https://discord.gg/ZGHGPetEkZ 👀 Wild Koala Tours at Koala Gardens: https://koalagardens.net.au/visiting-koala-gardens/ 🐨 See heaps more koala stuff at: https://linktr.ee/koalagardens @koalagardens @mistkoala http://koalagardens.net.au/ http://adventuresofmist.net.au Fair Dinkum Koala Fact 03 Koala hands and fee are amazing with 6 thumbs and fused toes for grooming strength and stability. 2 thumbs on each hand and one thumb on each foot gives a total of 6. G’day koala lovers, here’s another Fair Dinkum Koala Fact from Koala Gardens, brought to you by my alpha producers Jeff Anderson, Rich in Alaska, Lin, Shawn and William Hirata. Today it’s all about koala hands and feet – I can’t get enough of them! Just like us, they have a total of five digits per hand. It’s the arrangement that is unique: three fingers and two distinct, opposable thumbs. They grip branches with impressive strength and dexterity, whether broad trunks or slender branches. The double thumbs create a balanced, secure hold. Even more fascinating is the foot. See the well-developed opposable thumb? It is the only digit without a claw. Koalas can get a firm grip on the tree using their feet alone. The second and third toes are fused together, sheathed beneath a single layer of skin. At first it seems to be a single broad toe. At the tip, however, the illusion dissolves—two distinct claws emerge. Koalas employ this tool daily. A healthy koala maintains a remarkably clean, shining coat with a healthy gloss. I can never stop looking closely at the things that make koalas unique – they are fascinating aren’t they? Thanks for helping me help koalas as we save the world by saving them - together. Koala Gardens is a private property that is a wildlife sanctuary working hard to regenerate native habitat critical for koalas and many other vulnerable species. Katrina creates short and long documentaries that take you into the lives of these super cute and fascinating marsupials that live in the treetops. You can adopt wild koalas to help further sanctuary activities. https://koalagardens.net.au/shop/product-category/adopt/ Koala Gardens also publish a series of children's books in the Adventures of Mist series. There are now 5 books in the series which cover a range of climate change and environmental issues that allow children who love koalas to see how they can change the way they live. https://koalagardens.net.au/shop/product-category/books/ Merchandise of high quality, sustainably created is available at Redbubble https://www.redbubble.com/people/koalagardens/shop Koalas live in Australia and are not only cute animals, but wild koalas are facing extinction due to climate change and forest destruction. Koalas are marsupials and Koala Gardens explores their lives in the wild through video of wild koalas in nature video that shows how they live day to day. There is nothing more beautiful as a reason to save our planet than seeing a koala mum and joey in the wild. #wildandfree #koala #australia #liveinhope #naturevideo #koalavideo #koalalove #wildlife #marsupials #cute #cuteanimals #climatechange #climateaction #saveourplanet #forest #naturelovers #environment #documentary #koalajoey #joey 🎹 Music used in this video from: Music by Peter Philippe Weiss https://linktr.ee/peter_philippe_weiss https://mixkit.co/free-stock-music/ http://audionautix.com https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music