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Figure 1. Thermal image of a koala hugging the cool lower trunk of an Acacia mernsii tree during hot weather; by resting against the coolest part of the tree koalas can reduce how much heat they need to lose by evaporative cooling (photo: Steve Griffiths, reproduced fromCitation1).
![Figure 1. Thermal image of a koala hugging the cool lower trunk of an Acacia mernsii tree during hot weather; by resting against the coolest part of the tree koalas can reduce how much heat they need to lose by evaporative cooling (photo: Steve Griffiths, reproduced fromCitation1).](/cms/asset/2452a3eb-2b90-41ce-bb07-aa963d43de88/ktmp_a_954420_f0001_c.jpg)