# Koala prints cannot be distinguished from human fingerprints is this true? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 9, 2005, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/koala-prints-cannot-be-distinguished-from-human-fingerprints-is-this-true/307606 "2005-06-09T16:24:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2005, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/koala-prints-cannot-be-distinguished-from-human-fingerprints-is-this-true/307606/21 "2005-06-10T00:52:56Z")
Come on, the thread’s not _that_ long. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2005, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/koala-prints-cannot-be-distinguished-from-human-fingerprints-is-this-true/307606/22 "2005-06-10T01:24:36Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > Not particularly cute and cuddly - just somnolent blobs. The ones that I have seen in wildlife parks have always been very ill-tempered and nasty. Right, they just _look_ cute. I have heard of a few that grow to like being petted, however. Aren’t there a few hotels that have a Koala in a special suite? ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2005, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/koala-prints-cannot-be-distinguished-from-human-fingerprints-is-this-true/307606/23 "2005-06-10T02:41:15Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > Cute, cuddly, stink and half the time they piss on you if you pick them up. But don’t tell anyone. So…they’re just like human infants, only with fur? Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2005, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/koala-prints-cannot-be-distinguished-from-human-fingerprints-is-this-true/307606/24 "2005-06-10T04:18:51Z")
No, Koala piss (and indeed Koala) smells worse (think sour fermented eucalyptus). Plus they don’t wear diapers. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2005, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/koala-prints-cannot-be-distinguished-from-human-fingerprints-is-this-true/307606/25 "2005-06-10T05:03:57Z")
Individual fingerprints, maybe. But wholw hand prints? They have TWO thumbs on each hand! ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2005, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/koala-prints-cannot-be-distinguished-from-human-fingerprints-is-this-true/307606/26 "2005-06-10T05:16:40Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > No, Koala piss (and indeed Koala) smells worse (think sour fermented eucalyptus). Plus they don’t wear diapers. _ **Diapers** _? Wash your mouth out with soap! If koalas wore anything it would be nappies. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2005, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/koala-prints-cannot-be-distinguished-from-human-fingerprints-is-this-true/307606/27 "2005-06-10T06:03:05Z")
I _knew_ someone’d give me crap about that. But after all, when speaking to furriners you have to help them with the lingo… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Harmonix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Harmonix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonix)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2005, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/koala-prints-cannot-be-distinguished-from-human-fingerprints-is-this-true/307606/28 "2005-06-10T06:20:54Z")
Wait, so could I go all axe-murder-style with custom Koala gloves? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/koala-prints-cannot-be-distinguished-from-human-fingerprints-is-this-true/307606.md?page=1)