London-based animal welfare group World Animal Protection says cuddling koalas is cruel and is petitioning the state government for an outright ban.
The group argues that studies show koalas are harmed “by the presence of visitors alone”, because people keep them awake longer than they would typically be in the wild, among other reasons. Koalas typically sleep about 20 hours a day.
You eliminated the parts that explain why it’s being banned. Why can’t I snuggle the koalas???
Do you want chlamydia? Because that’s how you catch chlamydia.
Which is why this is a real place-
TIL I’m a koala! I also feel mentally harmed if I have to deal with people all day, instead of sleeping 20 hours a day.
…or, maybe I’m just depressed?
Heres what you need to know:
Oh, I guess there’s nothing I need to know
Because being a plaything for human entertainment interrupts their daily 20 hour sleep cycle and stresses them out.
It’s a shitty bot that eliminates the most important part of a story on the regular and if I had my way, it wouldn’t be in this community.