Baby koala is now out and about!

Photo ©Donald Gow and used with permission

Excited visitors at Edinburgh Zoo have recently been able to catch a glimpse of the UK’s first ever koala joey as it starts to emerge from mum Alinga’s pouch. The joey, which is still to be sexed and named, was born around mid-May and has spent the past six months developing in Alinga’s pouch. Now that it is fully developed and has grown almost all of its fur, the joey has started to become more active. Using CCTV footage, keepers have been able to watch the joey emerge from the pouch late at night, and last week they were treated to seeing the youngster emerge completely from mum’s pouch for the first time and climb onto her back.

Photo ©Craig Brown and used with permission