Despite their slimy and wrinkle-free brains, Koalas are coping with urbanization better than expected

Humans have gotten real creative about how to serve food recently and although some find these unique setups annoying, we have no trouble recognizing that we should eat whatever’s sticking out of that styrofoam.

Koalas have a harder time of it. “They’re not known to be a particularly intelligent animal.” Kita Ashman, wildlife ecologist, remarked. “They have one of the smoothest brains of any mammal, so they are not super switched on up there.” This smoothness…