Phascolarctos cinereus

7 Koala at Newnes Plateau, NSW

Phascolarctos cinereus at Newnes Plateau, NSW - 1 Nov 2023
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Phascolarctos cinereus 6 Nov 2023 MichaelBedingfield
Phascolarctos cinereus 5 Nov 2023 CarbonAI
Phascolarctos cinereus 5 Nov 2023 EmmBee

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This lovely koala was trundelling past our rock overhang camp site when they spied us, and shot up a tree. My partner Bruce B climbed above the overhang to get this eye level shot. The koala did not budge while we were there obviously wary of us.

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Jenjen wrote:
   6 Nov 2023
Cutie Patooutie

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  • Phascolarctos cinereus Scientific name
  • Koala Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Endangered *
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • -13.51m to 1077.27m Recorded at altitude
  • 39 images trained Machine learning
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