RZSS welcomes two koala joeys at Edinburgh Zoo

The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) has shared the first pictures of two koala joeys born at Edinburgh Zoo to mums Kalari and Inala. Keepers at the wildlifeQueensland koalasccharity have confirmed the youngsters are both female and only recently started to emerge from the pouch where newborn koalas spend their first few months Edinburgh Zoo is home to the UK's only Queensland koalas – this is the first time there have been two joeys at once. Kalari mated with male Tanami who lives separately from the females at Edinburgh Zoo. Inala mated with Dameeli who now lives in Pairi Daiza in Belgium.The koala joeys were born on 20 May and 13 July in 2022. Newborn koalas are the size of a jellybean and move straight into the mother's pouch where they stay for several months. After outgrowing the pouch, joeys spend around 12 months on their mother’s back before becoming more independent.