Eats leaves, licks trees: how koalas get enough water to live

Study solves lingering mystery of how Australian marsupials stay hydrated

Scientists have solved a lingering mystery about koala behaviour: how they consume enough water to live.

A new study describes koala drinking behaviour in the wild for the first time, finding that they lick water running down the smooth surface of tree trunks during rainfall – a phenomenon called “stemflow” – and do not rely merely on the water content of the leaves that make up their diet.

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