Blu-ray Review – Cracking the Koala Code

Like most people, I had a general appreciation for the daily existence of a koala, imagining the creature hanging out in tall trees, gobbling down leaves, while Todd Rundgren's "Bang the Drum All Day" plays on an imaginary soundtrack. It's a simplified portrait of the koala, but there's not much out there in the sea of popular culture to disturb the stereotype, finding the furry animals often depicted with cartoonish cuteness and lethargy, establishing an instant comfort with the koala nation. "Cracking the Koala Code" is a "Nature" episode directly dealing with territorial and mating rituals of the creatures, and boy howdy, does it ever alter the public's concept of the koala as a peaceful, adorable beast with a harmless addiction to greenery. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com