Koalas have been seen drinking water in captivity, and wild koalas will approach humans and accept water during drought or after fire, but such behaviour has been considered unusual and attributed to disease or severe stress. ... An adult female koala in You Yangs Regional Park.

Do koalas need to drink water?

Koalas spend most of their lives high up in eucalyptus trees. They rely on a diet of eucalyptus leaves, normally eating around 500g to 800g daily. ... “Koalas have been alleged* to never drink free water in the wild, or to drink only occasionally.

Where do koalas get their water?

“Koalas were thought to gain the majority of the water that they require from the moisture content in the leaves that they feed on and to drink water unintentionally in the wild by eating wet leaves after rain, or when dew is present on the leaf surface,” Mella added.