Yes, they are two different koalas!
These two were visiting the MWPZ while we were there! They are the first koalas that I had ever seen in real life!
Tuckonie, will be ten years old in September and was born at the San Diego Zoo. His name is an Aborigine word for "little man of the forest." Ouraka was born in San Diego two years ago and his name is Aborigine for "wait a while." Ouraka was slow to emerge from his mother's pouch
Metro Washington Park's Koala Page
Photo taken by me at the Metro Park Washington Zoo and
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