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What is the importance of Koalas in the ecosystem??

I know the are a unique animal in there own right, but do they have a purpose?

I know they eat gum leaves and thats about it...

Do they have a relationship with their host trees, for pollination of flowers as they search for the leaves??

It seems to me that just about every other native animal serves some sort of purpose, distribution of seeds, pollination of certain flowers, cleaning up the dead carcasses from the forest floor, controlling insects etc,.

This post came about whilst listening to the ABC local radio, the news brief said they were putting Koalas on the endangered list in certain states...

Maybe they are a species that has come to the end of it's time, once an animal has come to the end of it's purpose in the ecosystem do they just naturally decline???


Your thoughts would be appreciated.

Cheers