Day 5 - How Does A Koala Feel About Being Cuddled?

I would have said, "aggrieved", but it turns out that this question is not the right one to ask as despite the fact that cuddling is clearly advertised what happens is really more akin to a brief grapple than what most people would define as a "cuddle". For the allotted twenty seconds (what this works out to in dollars per second is a bit of math I scarcely dare perform) one is permitted to have a koala clamp on to one's chest like a clawed barnacle, albeit a grey furry, arguably very cute barnacle.

So how does the koala feel about being compelled to clamp on to a series of strange chests? To the best of my ability to read their expressions I would say that they feel something on a spectrum running from indifference to stupefaction. Either that or they've been drugged. Judge for yourself in the photo below. And for those of you busy judging us for abetting koala enslavement I will say that you have not travelled through Australia with a koala besotted thirteen year old girl. Moreover I am told that their emotions in the wild also run from indifference to stupefaction. These are supremely relaxed animals.

However, all other considerations aside, it did allow me to play with my camera lenses and photograph Fred (the koala's unexpected name) and his neighbours.