Katie Unnithan

We've found 41 comical koala puns to get kids laughing.

Koala bears are one of the most famous animals from Australia. These funny, laid back animals are well loved by many people around the world.

Often affectionately called "koala bears" these sweet animals are marsupials, so when they have a baby, it lives within a pouch on the mother's body. The nearest species most closely related to a koala is a wombat, not a bear!

They are known for their sleepy nature and a koala may sleep up to 18 hours per day. A baby koala is called a joey. When they are born they are like a little jelly bean and they sit in their mother's pouch for another six months before emerging.

Koalas have a reputation of smelling bad! Koala bears give off an odour because the males rub their scent on trees to mark their territory. Other koala bears also smell of the eucalyptus leaves they like to eat.

We've found some fun facts about these adorable marsupials, some "a koala's favorite..." puns, one line puns  and other funny koala puns to make anyone giggle.

For more laughs take a look at these deer puns and hedgehog puns.