Designed for climbing ! by Trish Meyer
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Photographed at Birdland Batemans Bay, New South Wales, Australia.
The Koala has large, sharp claws to assist with climbing tree trunks. Their five fingers include two opposable thumbs, providing better gripping ability. The first two fingers are positioned in apposition on the front paws,
and the first three fingers for the hind paws.
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Ray, thank you for accepting !
– Trish Meyer
What a great idea for a capture a splendid subject trish,
Thanks so much Malcolm !
It’s not often we see them out of a tree, so I made the most of the opportunity :)
– Trish Meyer
A great anatomy lesson Trish ! You teached me something :-)) Excellent work !!
Patrick, thank you very much ! I always try to add a little information to my images, especially where they are uniquely Australian :)
– Trish Meyer
Very interesting nice capture Trish
Thanks so much for your lovely comments and acceptance of the image !
– Trish Meyer
Wow that is scary looking good thing they are mild tempered great close up
Byron, I think I was a little surprised myself … it’s not often we see them out of a tree, so I made the most of the opportunity. Thank you for your comments !
– Trish Meyer
Thank you also to Shiva77 for adding this image to his favourites !
Fantastic shot Trish…very sharp indeed!!
Kerry, thank you very much for your fantastic comments and favourite !
– Trish Meyer
Such long sharp claws, beautiful capture Trish
Thank you Andrea ! The claws are rarely seen so clearly as the Koala sits up it’s tree, so I made the most of the opportunity :)
– Trish Meyer