Koalas are both endangered and so plentiful they're causing problems. How'd that happen?

They are a poster child for imminent extinction, at risk from deforestation, climate change and bushfires. Yet, where I live in South Australia, they are so abundant they are in danger of eating themselves out of house and home.

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