>According to the koala experts, koalas lack intellectual abilities. Despite looking very cute and cuddly, koalas are considered neither smart nor intelligent and even considered as dumb. According to the koala explorers, koalas display certain behavioral traits on the basis of which koalas can be considered as dumb and lacking in terms of their intellectual abilities.
>A lot of basic examples confirm the lack of intelligence within koalas. For example, koalas are usually not aware of their surroundings. They hardly pay attention to any unusual event happening within their surrounding areas while their only preference is to sleep as much as possible. If it will rain, koalas will not be bothered to move to some shade of branches to avoid it but rather it will continue to lay down in rain. Even within bushfires, koalas stay within their trees unless the bushfires approach them.
>Even at the times of approaching bushfires, koalas have been found to be sitting at the bottom of trees. If koalas are given the Eucalyptus leaves (plucked from trees), they may not eat them because they are only used to eat the Eucalyptus leaves on their own. Lastly; koalas can easily be targeted by predators if they are within their reach. All of these examples do indicate lack of intelligence within koalas while other animals have evolved key mechanisms for it.
>One of the biggest reasons for koalas to lack intellectual abilities is the size of their brain. Koalas possess one of the smallest brains (in proportion to their body mass) of all the mammals within the animal kingdom. Remember; brain is one of the largest energy consuming organ within the body and the smaller the brain will be, the less energy will be consumed by an organism.
