New baby koala at National Zoo and Aquarium

National Zoo and Aquarium welcomes new baby koala

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00:00So when a Walla Doe is born after 35 days of pregnancy they are born like a little underdeveloped

00:11jelly bean size.

00:12So they have to get born and then make their way up mum's fur and find that pouch opening

00:18and then get inside that pouch and find the teeth where they will grip onto and spend

00:23the next few months pretty much growing and developing solely from mum's milk and in that

00:27pouch.

00:28Eight months later seeing a 650 gram joey and she is still very much reliant on mum's

00:34milk but starting to eat solids.