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Koala Hand Puppet - Hansa Creation

In everyday play, the koala hand puppet by Hansa Creation fits well into small story scenes. It can be used for storytelling, puppet theatre and role play. New scenes often develop quite naturally.

The koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) lives exclusively in the eucalyptus forests of eastern Australia. It sleeps up to 22 hours a day because its eucalyptus diet is extremely low in energy. Koalas eat leaves from only about 50 of over 700 eucalyptus species. They possess a unique fingerprint that is strikingly similar to a human's. The population is in sharp decline due to habitat loss and bushfires.

Did you know that koala joeys must eat their mother's caecal content to survive? This so-called "pap" contains bacteria essential for digesting the toxic eucalyptus leaves — without this starter culture, young koalas could not process their food.

Typ: hand puppet, stage puppet
Playability: forlegs, head
Height approx.: 31 cm
Manufacturer:
GROUPE ANIMA
24 rue des Alisiers
67150 HIPSHEIM
France
Email: commercial@anima-peluches.com