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100 1  Clode, Danielle,|eauthor. 
245 10 Koala :|ba natural history and an uncertain future /
       |cDanielle Clode. 
250    First American edition. 
264  1 New York, NY :|bW.W. Norton & Company, Inc.,|c2023. 
300    322 pages :|billustrations ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    "First published in Australia in 2022 as Koala: A Life in 
       Trees by Black Inc., an imprint of Schwartz Books Pty  
       Ltd." 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-311) and 
       index. 
520    "A biologist takes us into the still mysterious world of 
       koalas, from their marsupial ancestors to current threats 
       to their existence. Koalas are one of the most beloved 
       animals, but despite their celebrity, we are just learning
       much about their nature and history. Blending evolutionary
       biology, natural history, and ecology, biologist Danielle 
       Clode tells us the story of these amazing marsupials. She 
       looks at fossils of ancestral giant koalas three times 
       modern koalas' size and explains why they are the lone 
       survivor of a once diverse family tree. Clode investigates
       their nature-often affectionate but can also be 
       belligerent-and their physiology-from their pouches to 
       their gut bacteria, which can only digest leaves of the 
       species of gum tree they were raised on. She also warns 
       about the danger koalas have been in as humans have 
       impinged on their habitats through land clearance and 
       urban development. Now, Australia's explosive wildfires 
       threaten them each summer, killing and harming them as 
       never before. Clode takes us close to these extraordinary 
       creatures and speaks to why and how we need to save them"-
       -|cProvided by publisher. 
650  0 Koala|zAustralia. 
650  0 Koala|xEcology|zAustralia. 
650  0 Koala|xHabitat|zAustralia.