Nothing more magical than seeing a koala in the wild 🐨 Here's 10 fun facts you may not know about the famous Australian marsupial 1. Koalas aren't bears - they're marsupials 2. They're fussy eaters 3. Koalas can sleep up to 18 hours a day 4. Koalas smell like eucalyptus 5. They make really strange sounds 6. Koalas like to spend there time alone 7. Koalas are born hairless, blind and without ears 8. Koala come from the Darug Aboriginal name meaning "no water" 9. Koalas can live more than a decad