| A | B |
|---|
| eucalyptus | a type of tree found in Australia |
| *distress | experiencing great pain or difficulty |
| frantically | to act and move quickly and wildly |
| tranquilizer | a drug used to calm an animal down |
| groggy | to be very tired |
| yipping | to make a loud, sharp barking or crying sound |
| *coax | to get a living thing to do something by making it think that it will be safe and okay to do so |
| scamper | to run lightly around all over the place |
| joey | a baby koala |
| *dependent | not able to take care of itself |
| nab | to grab at quickly |
| unfortunate | an unhappy event or experience |
| *threaten | to have one's life, health and/or comfort at risk |
| devouring | to eat quickly |
| environment | the living and nonliving things found in an area |
| adapt | changing in order to survive in one's environment |
| drastically | quickly and/or largely |
| *vulnerable | able to be hurt easily |
| marsupial | a special type of mammal that carries its babies in a pouch |
| underdeveloped | not fully grown |
