LIVE: RAISING KOALA JOEYS | AUSTRALIAN REPTILE PARK

On today's live stream, our Head of Mammals, Keeper Dean, talks about what it takes to hand raise a koala joey and tells us about the incredible species that is the koala!

[@fabienneroure9995]

That adorable face and fluffy ears are heart melting! She is so beautiful thank you for taking such good care of this little darling!❤🐨❤

[@xiao0296]

wow

[@xiao0296]

I know

[@maysi9377]

🐨🐨They are so dang cute!🐨🐨

[@Frostie3672]

Elsa is so adorable, I just love koalas.

[@danieladelcastillolocatell5839]

Koalas + Me= I'm dying of all this overload fluffy cuteness

[@Sun-jb6zc]

Thank you so much for all these information and for taking care so well of this precious koala (and of all these precious koalas). You both look so kind ! Koalas belong to the Australian treasure ! 🐨🥰🐨🥰🐨🥰🐨🥰 😘

[@ghislainen]

Elsa is very nice! and pretty koala girl 🐨🌷

[@adrienebailey9010]

You are so blessed to have a Koala. I would love to give the Koala's a big hug and kiss.

[@lumemaa7]

Isn’t she just the cutest koala girl. 🥰🥰🥰

[@fifermcgee5971]

Dean thank you for taking such good care of our darling Elsa. Your commentary was very informative and interesting. Thank you.

[@elizabethbrooks6296]

Absolutely gorgeous, most beautiful creature ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@mckeesbird4715]

When I look at Elsa she's so cute I feel like my bones are melting. Thank you for taking such good care of this little girl you wonderful man.

[@thuyhuynh8400]

Koala dễ thương quá, ước gì có được một bé để cùng vui chơi với bé, bé dễ thương quá chừng.

[@lisabolo26]

We need more strong men like this who love animals, and less that want to kill them

[@xiao0296]

what

[@deletedchannel3633]

strong 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 good one.

[@videosofthemusclegod1910]

I am the strongest natural human on the planet, and I wanna shoot the koala! It’s fur is worth a ton!!

[@sofiakatelyn]

Always

[@MontagZoso]

Yes we do! Well said! ❤️👍

[@robertcornall626]

My hat goes off to you guys and girls, a lot of hard work goes in too looking after baby Koalas. Thank you for your hard work in their survival and well fare. THANK YOU ALL WHO ARE INVOLVED.

[@xiao0296]

what

[@skatingcanuck9837]

Elsa is so precious I want to hug and kiss her:). Australia is on my bucket list. I have dreamed of seeing a koala since I was a little girl.

[@redskua]

Skating Canuck ,,come on down, you will love it here

[@soggymoggytravels]

The cutest thing on Earth!

[@deliagarque4031]

Hugs 🤗🐨lil baby cute sweetie Elsa💕Happy Sunday Koalas and thank you live with her today 🐨🐨🐨🐨☘️🌳

[@123abcxmen]

Thank you for sharing your insight on taking care of a Koala.

[@kary_7112]

The koalas are so cute and funny

[@user-yx8bn4je2v]

😋 I met Elsa in person. She was so gentle and sweet. She turned her face and gave me kiss to my nose when I called her name. She obviously knows her name. It was my dream came true. Oh,,, my gosh. she was so cute

[@katrinajones8788]

That sweet little face. I want to give her a cookie. 🙂

[@hendrikasunqrout571]

Awww!!! I am so besotted with Koala since the fire's started. They really are one of my most favourite animals in the world. Elsa is so pretty with her big fluffy ears. I love her along with all her siblings in the world. With love, from South Africa. I'm getting more or less over the heartbreak I felt when the fires were raging.

[@Rosie681129]

Thank you for this wonderful video ❤️🐨❤️.... Dean is so friendly & knows so much about koalas 🐨❤️.... And Elsa, well, she's the star of the show.. Absolutely adorable xxx 😊🐨😊.... With love from 🇬🇧

[@jeffj2495]

Elsa is doing great! I have followed her since her first video. Thanks for the great update and also for moving around a bit so we can see Elsa from different angles. Thanks AR Park and Dean!

[@theresahart4717]

I looove her so much.❤️oh my gosh, she is hugging and smelling you. What a darling.

[@nichellebinion4569]

Australia got the most beautiful animals...

[@lannarox123]

What a sweet and adorable little girl. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a more beautiful koala. 🐨💜

[@swkoppable]

I’m an Aussie and I live very near to the Koala Park but I reckon koala is my best favourite animal in the world. 😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘

[@AnAdorableWombat1]

Absolutely hands down the most adorable animal on earth. I keep choosing between red pandas, panda bears and koalas but there is just something special about koala joeys! That little face!

[@venansia]

100% she is doll!!! SUPERCUTE 😍 Thanks for your love for all koalas 🙏

[@ursulasmith6402]

This is an awesome place. Thanks everyone for caring for those precious creatures. 💕

[@AnAdorableWombat1]

Oh lord have mercy! Absolutely adorable it doesn't make any sense!!!

[@theresaholguin699]

Hard work caring for the koalas but very rewarding 🐨❤ Elsa is absolutely beautiful all koalas are beautiful and amazing ❤🐨❤🐨❤🐨❤😇❤😇❤😇❤🐨❤🐨❤🐨❤

[@samar3186]

Hello! Koalas are really adorable! 🐨❤🐨❤🐨❤🐨❤🐨❤

[@ursulasmith6402]

Oh, what a cute lovable baby, hi,, baby. 🐨

[@joannemurdock7899]

So cute and. Adorable they don't seem real at. Times 😋😋😋😋👨‍❤️‍👨

[@bulledereve9824]

This is just adorable 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

[@joannemurdock7899]

Oh she is sooo cute and chilled a great model for koalas at Australian reptile park 💞💞💞💓

[@MontagZoso]

Elsa is such a precious little girl! Thank you so much for the this video, it was fascinating! I had no idea of how complex it is to go from a newborn to finally eating leaves! I learned so much about these beautiful animals! Thank you also for all the hard work and love in caring for koalas. They are such a treasure. Much love from 🇺🇸

[@ecclestonsangel]

Elsa, you just get more adorable by the day!💖💖💖 Thank you so much for discussing what goes into hand raising a koala. It's a lot of work! but obviously so, so rewarding! I would not mind doing it since I get awful insomnia frequently. It would be such an honor to care for one of those little sweeties! You are such a funny little sook, Elsa! I love you!💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖🐨

[@paulettemoran3745]

Absolutely adorable!

[@user-dv8bz1fd4z]

Thank you so much for your efforts to thrive koalas and other wildlife.... Recently I found Moreton Bay Koala Rescue video in 2010. I have been breaking heart since then because I saw the same thing after Australian bushfires...I came to know a day after the lady uploaded the video of koalas were killed by logging...

[@ecclestonsangel]

Keeper Dean: Elsa, that's my shirt you're chewing on. Koala Elsa(giggling naughtily): not anymore! ROTFL! I just keep coming back to watch this and Elsa is really nomming away on Keeper Dean's shirt. He must have eucalyptus or something on it because she's finding it pretty irresistible, lol! It's just cuteness in overdrive! I think I heard that Elsa just turned a year old, and she's in koala kindy now, and she gets to see her mum frequently. So sweet!💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖🐨

[@pibly7784]

Precious.

[@anitasyvalahti1730]

This video appeared my lap. Wonderful it is. I appreciate the work of nurse. Elsa is super adorable. On this day, she is already adult, i thin so.

[@updownstate]

Friends here in the US came home one night and discovered an opossum [the only North American marsupial] had come in the bathroom window and gotten stuck in the tub. They were all happy bc they'd never seen one up close and wanted to see her pouch. Unfortunately their possum was a male so they took him out back and put him in a tree. This program was informative and entertaining. Subscribed myself. Thank you.

[@mlight6845]

Thank you for caring for them so well and all the great information about their development.

[@falllets318]

She is so adorable and cute...

[@catherineoswald4280]

Kudos to all of you for an important job to help keep the species going! Best job! Would love to do it! Raised 3 kids!

[@KillswitchEngage2010]

~Just So FRAGILE & ADORABLE.. : ) ..Nothing But PURE LOVE, There!

[@gaylhopkins3489]

Thank you 😊 that was very informative i didn’t know there was so many steps to hand raised joey didn’t know they suck on fingers i love 💗 🐨 live in the states never been lucky enough to see or hold one you guys are blessed

[@gaylhopkins3489]

I forgot to add koalas 🐨 eat apples 🍎 to do you give them apples 🍏 ?

[@lhudson4377]

She is so cute and cuddly 🥰😍🥰

[@ghosttgirl9805]

She's adorable, I want one so bad,

[@nirvashajithoo4359]

Elsa is so beautiful and loving. She loves her human keepers very much.

[@boyish69]

MMMM::;) To much cuteness to handle...;)

[@Raymond-_-Reddington]

Não dá pra não se apaixonar por esse koalinha. Excesso de fofura ! Parabéns, pelo vídeo e pelo tratamento carinhoso com esse bebê. 😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@FFOGHORN]

This gentleman is terrific! I learned a ton.

[@nicolekelaher1979]

She is cute may I hold her please? I’ve adopted her on your web page she brings me so much happiness 💓🐨🐨🐨

[@joannemurdock7899]

Nicky 👨‍❤️‍👨💓Elsa. How kind of U. She is soooo sweet and adorable ❤️💝❤️🙏❤️❤️💝bless U both💞💕💞💜💙💕❤️💝💓👨‍❤️‍👨👨‍❤️‍👨👨‍❤️‍👨

[@marisamelendez7193]

U need a dog , cat not 🐨

[@guessmyname6210]

Koalas are one of the cutest animals on earth. 🐨

[@giovannilampis]

Lovely

[@casek6930]

The most broken survival strategy in the animal kingdom: being cute to humans.

[@tracyyarbrough3358]

They are so beautiful and adorable 🥰

[@Gingy50]

Wow great video, it’s so interesting and the lady asking all those questions towards the end was fantastic asking all the questions that I would have loved to ask but most of all I loved the Koala joey 😍 they are such beautiful mammals 💖

[@pattnorton3217]

God bless you are DEVOTED to these PRECIOUS Animals!!! I want a Koala so bad !!

[@berniethekiwidragon4382]

Reminds me of a human baby, the ones at a few months old and stares hard at everything and everyone.

[@marciadorawainer8250]

NÃO TENHO PALAVRAS PARA DEFINIR TAMANHA BELEZA E DOÇURA. AMO OS ANIMAIS!!!

[@marmar9384]

Aw, that is soooooo cute!!!

[@fifermcgee5971]

Just lost me heart to Elsa, what a beautiful little girl.

[@OctPSfever]

So cute baby

[@zoerhineland5183]

Keeper Dean looks like Robert Patrick! My favorite actor.

[@lintu25]

Oh my god. They are just amazing. with love from Finland

[@MariaRibeiro-yu6ms]

Thank you for looking after this lovely and beautiful animals , I wish a job like that for my self

[@olgasharifullina6705]

Какая красотка🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸

[@pierrettewalraevens3665]

Elsa look so adorable so cute 💖 didden now much about koala's now I now something about them 🐨 Thank you so much for the information about them💖 Give sweet Elsa à big cuddle from me will you 💖 Love you guys and love koala's a lot 🐨 Greetings from Belgium 💖🐨💖

[@lenacollinmusic]

Hey I'm also from Belgium and loving koalas ;-)

[@JDOGFTW]

Elsa is huge now.

[@SparrowStockwell]

This was so enjoyable!

[@olgagallon9227]

Que ternura para el o ella es quien lo cuida y protege es lindo encontrar gente que ama nuestra madre tierra

[@lisseterocioferreirarosale9596]

That is my lovely Elsa!😘😘😍

[@ballorafnaf5889]

O que dizer da Elsa ? É linda ❤❤❤Queria que todos os coalas recebecem o amor e cuidado, que merecem, assim como a pequena lady Elsa 💕💕💕

[@Sternchen468]

Wonderful ❤🐨

[@goldiec1050]

Beautiful little koala i luv Elsa 💖

[@theskyisblue8979]

We see these around quite a bit. They are really active until they start eating gum leaves. Then they enter a permanent stage of stoned for the rest of their life.

[@wcj10065]

so cute little Joey..:)

[@chantalbaas8328]

Sooooo adorable ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🧸

[@youthk72]

なぜ神様はこんな可愛らしいコアラという動物をお創りになられたのかを考えてしまいます。

[@noelinesmith6846]

Cool video. I found it very interesting considering I am an Aussie but I live in Melbourne and don't see as many koalas in the wild. I adore our native marsupial and was saddened that so many were lost to our recent bushfires.

[@thescarletarachnid821]

Well done, Dean!

[@lupegutierrez9776]

Koalas are SO Quuuuuute!

[@elainemacgregor]

Such a darling little!

[@beatamarszaek9488]

Tak mi smutno ,że u nas koali nie ma, bo są takie słodkie 💞🐨💕🐨💖🐨😍😘

[@thatdutchguy2882]

You are doing good work guy's,...good on ya 👍.

[@fairypixieprincess9909]

Aww I love her!! 🐨🥰😘

[@cynthiagonzales9131]

I'm more in love❤ than ever!!

[@joannemurdock7899]

She's a big baby I think elsa must b approx. 11 months old???

[@zoerhineland5183]

She is Miss Koala! 🐨💕❣️💖💗💝

[@fab8583]

💓💞💖💕 🐨😊

[@lizl6232]

Can I hold her🥰 you are a great daddy👍🏻

[@ashokvijaikumar]

ELSA IS SO CUTE🐨🐨🐨🐨🐨🐨🐨🐨🐨🐨🐨🐨🐨🐨🐨🐨🐨🐨🐨

[@catherineoswald4280]

I’m with all of you I just love them! Would love to hold one!❤

[@twistyjeffrey]

cuteness overload!

[@susanrainey2652]

Elsa is precious!