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Watch: Baby koala comes out of mom’s pouch for first time, makes public debut

Baby Humphrey is estimated to be around eight months old, and is mum Willow's fifth joey.

Published on: Feb 24, 2021 05:44 PM IST
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The first koala joey born in more than a year at Sydney's Taronga Zoo has finally emerged from his mother's pouch, zoo officials said on Wednesday.

The image shows Baby Humphrey, a koala joey. (Instagram/@tarongazoo)
The image shows Baby Humphrey, a koala joey. (Instagram/@tarongazoo)

Baby Humphrey is estimated to be around eight months old, and is mum Willow's fifth joey.

The zoo's Senior Koala Keeper, Laura Jones, said Humphrey is doing well, "already beginning to attempt to eat eucalyptus leaves and is hanging on really tight to mum's back".

The zoo also took to Instagram to share a video of the adorable animal:

Zoo visitors will be able to see Humphrey in person at Taronga's brand new Koala Encounter facility. For a chance to see him climb back into his mum's pouch, they'll need to hurry: within a few short months, he'll be too big to fit back in.

 
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