Koala wants Eucalyptus leaves, more minutes

Scientists at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia are eavesdropping on koalas to understand what they are saying when they bellow. Mobile phones placed in their trees are programmed to turn on every 30 minutes and record for two. It's not that the researchers are snoops; they hope the information will help inform wildlife officials when is the best time to introduce new animals to a population and when it is the right time to allow changes to habitats.

Reports of insufferable adolescent koalas now text-messaging each other is unconfirmed.