See How She Grows!
AustraLearn Koala Tim Tam Making Her Way Toward Independence
Tim Tam is more than 11 months old now, but still sticks very close to her momma.
At just over 11 months old, Tim Tam the AustraLearn koala is still developing her individual personality.
Now weighing 2.2 kg, the joey is still very attached to her mother, according to wildlife keepers at Rainforestation Nature Park in Cairns, Australia.
Tim Tam will develop more traits and characteristics of her own once she is weaned.
AustraLearn, which annually sends several thousand students from the United States and Canada to study abroad in Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific, adopted the baby koala (and her descendants) in part to raise awareness of the threat to the iconic Australian marsupial, which is in danger of becoming extinct in the next 30 years.
Tim Tam rests on her branch.
As part of the effort, AustraLearn made a donation to support Tim Tam, who is part of a colony at Rainforestation Nature Park, where AustraLearn students visit during the six-day Bridging Cultures Program.
New photos tell Tim Tam’s story best. Check them out.
Tim Tam the AustraLearn koala when she was but a wee one in February.
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