Though often called the koala bear  this cute little animal is not a bear at all  it is a marsupial, or pouched mammal. After giving birth, a girl koala carries her baby in her pouch for about six months. When the baby koala is born, it rides on its mother's back or clings to her belly, accompanying her everywhere until it is about a year old.Koalas live in eastern Australia, where the eucalyptus trees they love are everywhere. In fact, they rarely leave these trees, and their sharp claws and opposable digits easily keep them from falling. During the day they doze, tucked into forks or nooks in the trees, sleeping for up to 18 hours.

They are nocturnal and arboreal. They spend the day sleeping in a tight ball up a tree, with their head between their thighs, but become active at sunset. They are thought to be solitary, and males have larger ranges than the females. Slow lorises make a buzzing hiss sound when disturbed. They move quadrupedally and slowly through the forest.

Slow lorises vary in colour from grey to white depending on their range. They are plumper and shorter-limbed than slender lorises. They have strong grasping hands and feet, with opposable thumbs. Slow lorises have dark rings around their eyes and a dark stripe running along the backSlow lorises may not be swift, but they are accomplished climbers and are able to hang from branches by their feet alone.They range across southeast Asia.

An expert in energy conservation, they move only to find food and or as needed for other natural body functions. This is necessary because their diet and digestion does not provide them with much energy. The climbing speed of the average sloth when not threatened with danger is about 6 feet per minute. They sleep the majority of any 24 hour period. They do not come down out of their tree  homes too often because their long lanky limbs, perfect for hanging, cannot support their body weight on the ground so they have to drag themselves with their front arms.