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When a baby koala is six months old, it weans off its mother’s milk and moves on to eucalyptus leaves. But first, it nuzzles mum’s backside. She, in response, releases a fluid called pap, which the joey swallows.
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pap with bacteria to allow joey to digest the leaves
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
by Ed Yong
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