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And we have a growing understanding of the extraordinary qualities of the some of the Australian animals: the koala's having an efficient use of energy through evolving a small brain.

Jillian Burt: Australian Animals in Contemporary Art Jillian Burt 2010

HANNA: Two years ago last year when it was raining, the koala's head fell off and hit me in the head.

CNN Transcript Jan 1, 2008 2008

HANNA: Yeah, last year it rained so hard the koala's head fell off and hit me right on the back.

CNN Transcript Jan 1, 2007 2007

But it is easy to see why a cancer patient would be drawn to this kindly 90-year-old doctor with grandfatherly eyes and a face like a koala's.

Doctor Of Hope 2007

My daughter Julie (ph) adopted one of the first koala's in 1999 for 15 dollars.

CNN Transcript Dec 23, 2004 2004

The koala's claws had stopped slashing -- the koala obviously resigning itself to whatever fate was in store.

Bush Doctor's Bride Lennox, Marion 1996

Ignoring the koala's waterworks, the stranger lifted the little creature into a fork of a gum tree and then stood back and watched as the animal clawed its way to safety.

Bush Doctor's Bride Lennox, Marion 1996

One strong hand grasped the scruff of the koala's neck, the other its rump, and he lifted and carried the koala out well before him to evade the slashing of terrified claws.

Bush Doctor's Bride Lennox, Marion 1996

The noose slipped over the koala's head and tightened as it was released from the pole.

Bush Doctor's Bride Lennox, Marion 1996

The study, reported in the Journal of Experimental Biology, used medical imaging to reveal that a male koala's voice box, or larynx, sits very low in its throat.

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