Koala Eats Shoots and Leaves

Eastern Forest Nursery in South Gundurimba, New South Wales, was the victim of vandalism last September when thousands of eucalyptus tree seedlings were eaten. Security footage revealed the culprit was a koala named Claude. A higher, more koala-resistant fence was installed, but Claude came back this year, in broad daylight, and ate thousands more seedlings. The nursery donated the damaged seedlings to the World Wildlife Fund, since they were being grown for a new wildlife corridor anyway. See, instead of punishing Claude, the solution is to give him and his extended family a buffet of eucalyptus trees. (via Metafilter)