Fuzzy wuzzy was a marsupial

It's our last day here in Sydney, and we wanted to see some more koalas, since they were so fun at Featherdale Wildlife Park. So we jumped on the train and headed to the northeast Sydney suburbs, where the Koala Park Sanctuary is located. Among other native Australian animals, they obviously have a bunch of koalas, which are free to roam about the park of their own free will. Many of them stay in the main koala area, because the park attendants regularly bring fresh eucalyptus branches there for the koalas to eat. The word "koala" means "does not drink water" in the aboriginal language, because koalas have a diet that consists 100% of eucalyptus leaves, they can get all the moisture they need from those without really ever needing to climb down to drink. They will drink water only when sick or in times of drought. Also, contrary to common misconception, koalas are actually marsupials (like wombats, kangaroos and wallabies) and not bears. Although koalas do spend up to 19 hours a day sleeping, the sanctuary does pick a few times throughout the day to have one of the awake koalas come out for visitors to pet, feed, "cuddle" and take pictures with. They are very, very soft, and smell pleasantly of eucalyptus.