Welcome to Baby Koala at Chiang Mai Zoo

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Recently, Chiang Mai Zoo announced the birth of a baby koala born to Simpson and Fulla, two of four koalas who were sent to Chiang Mai from Australia’s Taronga Zoo. The baby koala appeared outside of his mother Simpson’s pouch for the first time last week, after a seven-month pregnancy. Chiang Mai Zoo has announced a public competition to name the newborn. He is the sixth baby koala born in Chiang Mai, so the zoo now has 10 koalas it in its marsupial family.

Source: Australian Embassy in Bangkok

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