Unfortunately, that song could've been longer than "American Pie" if he listed all the endangered species.
You might not find a live koala anywhere in 50 years. Or less.
Fact is, unlike most species that idiots would be content to see in a zoo as a novelty, the koala does NOT do well in captivity.
It was a very special and brief time when a koala was on exhibit at the Bronx Zoo. Thousands gathered every day to get a glimpse of the "real live teddy bear," which was mostly hidden in from sight in its eucalyptus tree.
Koalas only eat eucalyptus leaves, and they need a LOT of them because these things have almost no nutritional value.
While bears are shot routinely in New Jersey, for DARING to encroach on urban sprawl, Australians are not allowed to even TOUCH a koala should it roam into a nearby town from a small forest of eucalyptus trees.
This noble law isn't helping the koala much. Their territories continue to shrink. Diseases caused by climate change and pollution ravage them. Just why so many have STD's now is baffling many scientists, especially ones who aren't prone toward bestiality.
People deny. People don't care. You could beat koalas with a club and people would shrug (as they do with baby seals). Yes, while nobody much cares about the destruction of whales or sharks or bees, they also don't care about CUTE animals.
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