Australian animal is platypus yep that’s
right it’s a koala and the other will be
discussing tonight now in other pilots
operate their tune as a koala bear
whether it is not fair at all is it back
to marsupial meeting it is birth to live
young and have a pouch this animal
sleeps most of the time I’ll be waiting
for a couple of hours per day to meet
eucalyptus or cup leaves these gum
please I the koalas sole source of
nutrition and main source of moisture as
I hardly ever sometimes never drink
water despite this creatures non
aggressive behavior it is fighting for
its life it’s under attack by a killer a
killer smaller than the eye can see the
deadly bacterial colony of a quorum this
bacteria attacks are urogenital and
ocular regions of the animal leading to
turn junk dividers blindness and
infertility and often resulting in death
it seems unfair that such a cute and
harmless creature has to suffer like
this and many efforts are being made to
prevent the Koala from becoming infected
I’m Aaron lurch and this is my friend
Joshua creamy and together we are part
of one of these efforts to protect the
Koala we’ve been assisting PhD candidate
Delaney burnet at the University of the
Sunshine Coast in research focused on
the prevention of the transmission of
chlamydia pacoima to koalas now everyone
knows what a tick is right they the
horrible blood sucking creatures that
feed on animals and even humans since
the Koala is a host for wide range of
tick species and takes them known to
transmit diseases such as Rocky Mountain
fever and Lyme disease it was thought
that perhaps these tips will be
transmitted including according to the
koalas over the past eight months we’ve
screened hundreds of ticks with this
bacterium well though similar bacteria
was found but sinister chlamydia pecora
was not in sight now it may not have
found the transmitter of the deadly
chlamydia pakoras but at least we have
all but eliminated a suspect in the tick
to put this all into perspective we’re
broken great n and age 14 and 15 and
I’ve already made a small but important
step towards the preservation of a
national icon in the koala this journey
has been amazed
learning experience if it could go back
we’ll do it all again over the course of
this year we’re going insight into real
life jobs in the field of science and a
newfound knowledge which will stir it up
to the rest of our lives in addition
we’ve had a privilege of working with
Delaney who is conducting amazing
research in a bid to protect koalas from
familiar I recommend that if you’re a
young person who wants to make a
difference and gained a wealth of
knowledge that you ask your school or
speak to University and see if they
could possibly organize a project like
ours trust me it’s a hundred percent
worth it thank you for your time
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