omak

What ... is a marcupial?
Like an opposum?

omak

LOL ... the board is really going crazy isn't it? You sound as though you have been through this before! I have never seen anything like it!

omak

a kangaroo is a marcupial
a possum is a marcupial
so ... koala has a pouch?

tlrnhi

Oh yes, they are as soft and cuddly as you think they are. They smell really good too! Just like eucalyptus! :)
Oh, and don't call them bears....was "slapped on the hand" for calling them Koala Bears,,,,they are just Koalas.

Did I mention I got to cuddle and snuggle and love on a Koala?

omak

I went online to see how to spell it ... it is marsupial ...? at least that is what one blog alluded to ... so, that must be correct, but since I will never be using the word again, I don't suppose it really matters, eh?

omak

Well, when you were cuddling and hugging on the koala ... did you happen to ask why you can't call them koala bears? While you were hugging and cuddling the koala .... koala .... they aren't bears? Are they sure????

tlrnhi

Yes, it has a pouch, that's why it's a marsupial and not a bear.

omak

Isn't that funny? Or, rather ... in all the years I have known about koalas, I always heard "bear" attached, and I never had a clue that they were in the same family as kangaroos! what a surprise! I thought I knew how EVERYTHING reproduced! I guess I have just been too sheltered! LOL

tlrnhi

I have always called them bears too, but guess ya learn something new every day, huh?

omak

yeah ... sometimes, I am in awe of what I DON"T know, thinking that I already know a lot! LOL very humbling!