Koalas are thought to have little need to drink because they gain the majority of the water that they require to survive from the water content in the leaves that they feed on. In this manuscript, we expand beyond the handful of incidental observations of koala drinking reported in the literature and describe natural koala drinking behaviour in the wild at different locations in Australia and across a range of weather conditions, discussing how koalas may have stronger reliance on free water than previously thought.

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洞悉天然考拉的饮酒行为

人们认为考拉几乎不需要喝水，因为它们从它们赖以生存的叶片中获得的水分中所需要的大部分水都可以生存。在本手稿中，我们将扩展一些文献中关于无尾熊饮水的偶然观察，并描述在澳大利亚不同地区和各种天气条件下野外自然无尾熊饮水的行为，并讨论无尾熊如何更依赖自由水比以前想像的要多。