Overview
- Keeper Juliane Ladensack briefly saw the joey’s snout, providing visual confirmation of the offspring in Erlinga’s pouch.
- Senior curator Ariel Jacken said the young has passed its earliest critical stages and is estimated at four to five months old.
- Visitors are unlikely to see the joey soon because koalas typically remain in the mother’s pouch for more than half a year.
- This marks the koala house’s second offspring in nearly a decade, following Mandie’s joey Bouddi five years ago, who moved to Belgium in 2023.
- Previous pairing efforts faced compatibility issues, including Mandie’s temporary transfer to Dresden to meet male Mullaya, which did not result in a newborn before her return to Leipzig.