A 15 pound koala is as loud as a cow weighing more than a tonne, a new study found.
Researchers discovered the marsupial emitted a louder sound as a way of attracting sexual partners during mating season.
The team of Australian and Austrian scientists, writing in The Journal of Experimental Biology, also found their cries were a way of boasting about their body size and intimidate rival lovers.
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