Koalas might appear to be all cuddly and sleepy, but these star Australian marsupials are full of interesting surprises.

“Koalas are iconic, so are (Tasmanian) devils, the platypus and echidna, but you go through all of them and devils ... An easy way to entertain kids over Easter, Coles chief marketing officer ...

Some sites seemed to have no koalas at all. Koalas likely fared worse in the fires than any other iconic Australian species. Kangaroos can flee; wombats can burrow. But the koalas are in the canopy.