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Sahar Aker's avatar

OMGGGGGG that koala is too freaking cute!!! Sorry about the poop though lol

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Jill Schildhouse's avatar

They poop 200x a day! It was unavoidable LOL

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Sahar Aker's avatar

200 times??!! That's insane!!

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Jenn Uy's avatar

That koala is sooo cute and I can't stop laughing about the poop... but isn't that considered good luck? 😉

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Jill Schildhouse's avatar

I'm not sure, but we can pretend LOL!

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Jenn Uy's avatar

😆

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Maggie Davis Skora's avatar

The koala - what an experience! I hear they smell not so great. I'm sure you experienced the same especially when he pooped on you LOL but a great story and glad it was worth it!

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Jill Schildhouse's avatar

The males smell especially awful (musky doesn't even begin to describe it), because they have these glands on their chests to attract females (and each one smells different ... apparently the zookeepers can identify each animal by its unique smell!). Let's just say I think one encounter is enough for me in this lifetime ;)

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Lori Lefevre Wells's avatar

I love your remodel so much! Obsessed! Question: are you joining Bluesky? Trying to build great lists of journalists over there, especially in the lifestyle space.

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Jill Schildhouse's avatar

Thank you. I have no plans to join… I just don’t have it in me to add another social media platform to my life, ugh!!

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Lori Lefevre Wells's avatar

I hear you on the energy to join another platform.

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Kristjana Hillberg's avatar

😍😍😍🐨

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Jill Schildhouse's avatar

I’m going to be in town next week!

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Kathy Casciani's avatar

OMG holding a koala - my dream! Looks like it was a fabulous trip!

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Jill Schildhouse's avatar

It was, thank you!!

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Jayne Morehouse's avatar

Awww. Welcome home and what an adorable little guy! You're always out of the country when I'm in Phoenix :(

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Jill Schildhouse's avatar

Maybe we can time it better next year! But yes, I’m gone a lot!

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