The albino koala, Lone Pine 1971, originally uploaded by David Stephensen.

I found this photograph on flickr. This is what the photograph posted below the picture in the about section:

A truck driver found this chap on the road and brought him in to the sanctuary. How spectacular he was with his amazing white coat! He seemed quite happy to live there as long as the endless supply of eucalyptus leaves came rolling in each day.

You can see his powerful claws. He also has very powerful jaws and can bite right into your finger. Not nice if he was scared of you.

Some were trained from a young age to be handled. We had to pick them up and carry them by the wrists and ankles. They have very weak rib cages. Picking them up under the armpits feels to them like picking us up by the neck. You can cuddle the trained ones, but they hang onto you with those big claws and it is not so comfortable really. Probably stroking their backs while they hang onto something else is the nicest thing.

And, yes, they spend most of the day asleep.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koala