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Australia's unique fauna is one of the many reasons to visit this country. Australia is home to more than 378 species of mammals, 828 species of birds, 4,000 species of fish, 300 species of lizards, 140 species of snakes, two species of crocodiles and about 50 types of marine mammals.
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It is impossible not to ignore the wonderful birds of Australia: cassowaries, emus, cockatoos, budgies and parakeets; brightly colored pigeons, especially the magnificent crowned pigeon; numerous honey-bearing birds, obtaining pollen and nectar from eucalyptus trees with their tassel tongues.
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If marsupials with their amazing reproduction were once widespread in America and Asia (there are still about 20 species in America), then monotremes (or cloacals) are absent even in fossil form outside the Australian region. At the same time, oviparous mammals - the echidna and the platypus - are very similar in structure to relict mammals. It is no coincidence that they are called “living fossils.”
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Nine-tenths of Australian animal species are endemic, meaning they are not found anywhere else in the world. Unfortunately, many Australian animals have been little studied, and it is unlikely that this will be possible in the future, since they have either become extremely rare or disappeared completely, like the marsupial wolf of Tasmania. Today, 18 species of birds and 27 species of mammals are threatened with extinction.
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KANGAROO JUMPS Kangaroos are jumpers, everyone knows about this, but not everyone knows that they can easily claim the title of champions in long and high jumps. It costs them nothing to jump over a three-meter fence or arrange a running competition, the participants of which, without visible effort, maintaining balance with the help of heavy tails, seem to fly above the ground, only pushing off from it with their hind legs (a large kangaroo can jump 12 meters in length!) . Aboriginal legends say that kangaroos once walked on four legs, like all animals. But, faced with a man who hunted them and, easily catching up with them, killed them with his spear, they decided that two legs were perhaps better than four. Since then, pushing off the ground with two hind legs, kangaroos can easily escape danger. Kangaroos move very quickly, in case of danger - at the average speed of a car.
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KANGAROO An extraordinary animal. Slow and fast, trusting and fearful, meek and... can become dangerous... There is a legend about the origin of the name of this animal: when Europeans asked the aborigines what kind of strange animal this was, the answer was the word “kangaroo”, which was by no means the name of a jumping creature, but merely an expression of misunderstanding. There are about 50 species of kangaroos, the largest are gray and red (2 meters tall), and the smallest are the size of a small rabbit. Kangaroos have long muzzles, large, sad eyes, like those of a calf that has lost its mother. This is probably why Australians call them very affectionately – simply “ru”. Kangaroos are mainly nocturnal, and during the day they sleep peacefully somewhere under a bush.
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PLAYPIUS The beak allows the platypus to navigate underwater when its eyes and ears are closed. The platypus is nocturnal. Most of the time they feed at the bottom of their pond. If desired, they can move quite quickly on the ground. Along the banks of the reservoir, platypuses dig deep holes with two long narrow corridors leading under the water. The platypus always digs very narrow holes for itself in order to squeeze out excess moisture from the fur on the way to the “bedroom”. If the animal remains wet, then it can catch a cold and even die. The most incredible thing is that this mammal and warm-blooded animal lays eggs. The female lays 1-3 eggs in a soft white shell and incubates them. Moreover, during the entire hatching period, she remains in her hole, which she carefully seals up first, and only unbearable hunger can force her to leave the nest for a short time. When the cubs hatch from the eggs, the mother feeds them with milk, which is secreted from special enlarged pores and flows down her fur; the babies do not suck, but lick the tasty drops.
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KOALA The word “koala” translated from the Aboriginal language means “not thirsty.” Another name for the koala is the marsupial bear (Phascolarctos cinereus).
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A KANGAROO AND HER BABY A baby kangaroo is born the size of a large bean and, obeying instinct, crawls into the pouch (it doesn’t even have back legs yet). In the bag it grows (by leaps and bounds, not by hours, but by minutes), increasing two thousand times in six months, and only then does it dare to make its first spacewalk. After this, “joy,” as the Australians call baby kangaroos, does not part with his mother for another two months, resting in her pouch, continuing to feed on milk (at the same time, he increasingly supplements his diet with grass) and deftly jumping into the pouch when it seems to him that something threatens him. It’s funny to see the long legs sticking out of the bag of a “joey” who has long since outgrown the toddler age, who, frightened, dives into it upside down. Even more amusing is the sight of a “two-headed” kangaroo: the lowered head of a young mother nibbling grass and the head of a baby poking out of her pouch, busy with the same important task.
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KOALAS EAT Koalas live in eucalyptus trees. The fragrant leaves and young shoots of eucalyptus trees are the koala's main source of nutrition, and the moisture contained in them allows koalas to go without water for weeks and even months. Every day the koala sorts through about 10 kg of leaves, choosing no more than 0.5 kg for food. Having consumed all the young leaves and shoots on one tree, the koala descends to the ground, but only to move to another.
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KOALA SLEEPING Koalas are crepuscular animals. Half asleep, they spend 18 hours every day, hiding in the crowns of eucalyptus trees from prying eyes. At night they come to life and go out to get food. Koalas are very sensitive animals: if they are nervous, they lose weight very quickly.
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DINGO DOG This unique wild, or rather, secondarily feral dog is the only predator in the native fauna of Australia. He hunts kangaroos, domestic sheep and other game.
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WOMBAT He is very cute, this blunt-nosed, short-legged, tailless animal covered with thick hair is either a bear cub or a baby wild boar - no, neither one nor the other - just a wombat. The wombat is ready to make friends with you and will follow you like a dog, especially in the evening: during the day he likes to take a nap. He is even ready to sleep on your lap if you allow him, but to do this he needs to be lifted, and not everyone can do this - at 4 years old he weighs 22 kg, at 15 years old - 40 kg. These are good-natured fat marsupials, up to 1 m long. They love warmth. They feed exclusively on plant foods, mainly grass, which adult animals specifically seek out and bring to their young. They also eat roots, young bark and even mushrooms. Wombats are monogamous. In case of danger, the mother protects the only cub. The common wombat can live up to 15 years.
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KOALA AND HER BABY Like other marsupials, a hairless and blind koala calf is born extremely tiny. It weighs no more than 5 grams, and its body length is only 1.5 cm. Immediately after birth, the baby crawls into the mother’s pouch, a pouch, “equipped” with two nipples. From 5-6 months, the baby begins to get out of the pouch and, moving to the back of the parent, spends most of the time there. In rainy and cold weather, the cub presses into the warm fur of the mother, and she, hugging him tightly with her front paws, warms him on her chest.
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APOSUM Possums are small, cat-sized Australian animals. They are quite often confused with opossums that live in America. The difference is obvious: Australian opossums are marsupials. Like most Australian animals, possums are nocturnal; it is almost impossible to see them in sunlight. But at night they can easily be found in many city parks and just in gardens. Some even claim that the possum is the most harmful Australian animal: at night it sometimes interferes with sleep - it sniffles, makes noise, makes nests under the roofs of houses and shits on the roofs of cars parked on the street. It's funny that possums are often chased by cats, and the cats behave like dogs chasing the cats themselves. A cat with a menacing snort chases a snarling possum, which climbs a tree, after which the animals begin to yell at each other - to the delight of the residents.
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TASMANIAN DEVIL The Tasmanian devil received its name for its extremely evil and quarrelsome character, even in relation to its relatives.
Australia is a large island in Oceania, which has received the status of the fifth continent. The fauna of this country is unique, but it is devoid of monkeys, ruminants and pachyderm mammals. Most of the animals inhabiting this continent are marsupials. On the abdomen of these animals there is a deep fold of skin called the bursa. After birth, the cubs of these animals are very small, blind and devoid of hair, and also do not have the ability to live independently. Immediately after its birth, the cub moves into a pouch, inside of which there are nipples with milk. Australia is a large island in Oceania, which has received the status of the fifth continent. The fauna of this country is unique, but it is devoid of monkeys, ruminants and pachyderm mammals. Most of the animals inhabiting this continent are marsupials. On the abdomen of these animals there is a deep fold of skin called the bursa. After birth, the cubs of these animals are very small, blind and devoid of hair, and also do not have the ability to live independently. Immediately after its birth, the cub moves into a pouch, inside of which there are nipples with milk.
Kangaroo The appearance of this animal is such that it cannot be confused with anyone else: short front legs, giving it some resemblance to a person, but the hind legs, on the contrary, are long and perfectly adapted for jumping. The tail of these animals is very long and strong. There are many types of kangaroos in nature. The most famous species is the red kangaroo. The appearance of this animal is such that it cannot be confused with anyone else: short front legs, giving it some resemblance to a person, but the hind legs, on the contrary, are long and perfectly adapted for jumping. The tail of these animals is very long and strong. There are many types of kangaroos in nature. The most famous species is the red kangaroo.
Platypus The platypus is a special mammal. It has a large, spatulate beak that gives it a bird-like appearance. The females lay eggs. The cubs are born blind, hairless, and at first feed on their mother’s milk. This animal has no teeth at all, and only its tongue contains two horny tubercles, with which it grinds food. The platypus grinds its food on the upper part of its beak, which is equipped with a horny fold. The body of the platypus is well adapted to life in water, but on land this animal does not feel very confident. These animals spend most of their lives in their burrows, which are located next to running water. They mainly feed on larvae, worms, small fish and crustaceans. The platypus is a special mammal. It has a large, spatulate beak that gives it a bird-like appearance. The females lay eggs. The cubs are born blind, hairless, and at first feed on their mother’s milk. This animal has no teeth at all, and only its tongue contains two horny tubercles, with which it grinds food. The platypus grinds its food on the upper part of its beak, which is equipped with a horny fold. The body of the platypus is well adapted to life in water, but on land this animal does not feel very confident. These animals spend most of their lives in their burrows, which are located next to running water. They mainly feed on larvae, worms, small fish and crustaceans.
Echidna At first glance, this animal is very similar to a hedgehog, but in fact it is very different from it. The females of these animals lay only one egg and carry it in their pouch. Thanks to its sharp needles, the echidna has no natural enemies, and it should only be feared by the aborigines, who are not guilty of eating its meat. At first glance, this animal is very similar to a hedgehog, but in fact it is very different from it. The females of these animals lay only one egg and carry it in their pouch. Thanks to its sharp needles, the echidna has no natural enemies, and it should only be feared by the aborigines, who are not guilty of eating its meat.
Snake-necked turtle The length of the neck of these turtles, together with the head, reaches the length of its body. These turtles live in the rivers and lakes of Australia and are good swimmers and divers. The diet of this animal includes fish and small vertebrates. The meat of the snake-necked turtle is considered a delicacy. The length of the neck of these turtles, together with the head, reaches the length of its body. These turtles live in the rivers and lakes of Australia and are good swimmers and divers. The diet of this animal includes fish and small vertebrates. The meat of the snake-necked turtle is considered a delicacy.
Wombat This animal can most often be found in the southern regions of Australia. They live in deep branched burrows. They mainly feed on tree roots, leaves, and mushrooms. This animal can most often be found in the southern regions of Australia. They live in deep branched burrows. They mainly feed on tree roots, leaves, and mushrooms.
Kuzu Kuzu is a nocturnal marsupial that lives primarily in trees. They have a very strong tail, which helps them cling firmly to tree branches. They feed mainly on leaves, tree bark, flowers and even bird eggs. Quite often, these animals settle not far from people, forming noisy and numerous colonies. Kuzu is a nocturnal marsupial that lives primarily in trees. They have a very strong tail, which helps them cling firmly to tree branches. They feed mainly on leaves, tree bark, flowers and even bird eggs. Quite often, these animals settle not far from people, forming noisy and numerous colonies.
Cuscus Cuscus is the largest of the possum family. It has a very long and prehensile tail, which it uses as a fifth limb. During the daytime, these animals sleep peacefully on tree branches. The couscous spends the night searching for food. Its diet includes leaves, fruits and tree shoots. These animals are also partial to bananas. Couscous is the largest of the possum family. It has a very long and prehensile tail, which it uses as a fifth limb. During the daytime, these animals sleep peacefully on tree branches. The couscous spends the night searching for food. Its diet includes leaves, fruits and tree shoots. These animals are also partial to bananas.
Marsupial devil This animal lives only in Tasmania. Many people used to call them Tasmanian devils. During the day, these predators sleep in thickets of bushes, and at nightfall they go out to hunt. This is a very aggressive animal that loves to fight, even with a stronger opponent, even defeating a dog. Captured marsupial devil cubs easily become accustomed and become attached to people. This animal lives only in Tasmania. Many people used to call them Tasmanian devils. During the day, these predators sleep in thickets of bushes, and at nightfall they go out to hunt. This is a very aggressive animal that loves to fight, even with a stronger opponent, even defeating a dog. Captured marsupial devil cubs easily become accustomed and become attached to people.
ANIMALS AUSTRALIA
- Australia- the largest island in Oceania, called the fifth continent. Its fauna is unique, but completely devoid of monkeys, pachyderm mammals and ruminants.
- One of the good reasons to visit Australia is to get acquainted with the unique world of animals that can only be found on the Green Continent. Over 80 percent of mammals, reptiles, amphibians and plants are found exclusively in Australia. The diversity of the animal world is amazing: over 370 species of mammals, 300 species of lizards, 5 species of sea turtles, 140 species of snakes, more than 820 species of birds, two species of crocodiles and 50 types of marine mammals. You can see the main species of animals in numerous well-equipped wildlife reserves and zoos in large cities, as well as observe them in natural habitats.
- Australia has no large predators, and the small group of carnivorous mammals consists of animals the size of a cat or an average dog. The largest predator is the wild dog dingo, and smaller ones include the Tasmanian devil, spotted marsupial marten and marsupial anteater. You can meet the Tasmanian devil in its habitats in Tasmania itself and Western Australia. The marsupial marten is endangered and is found in tropical south-eastern Australia, northern Queensland and Tasmania. Dingoes can be seen throughout Australia, but are best seen in the deserts of the Northern Territory and South Australia, as well as Fraser Island on the east coast and the Kimberley in the west.
- The platypus is a very special lower mammal. It has a large, spatulate beak, which gives it a bird-like appearance. Although the platypus is a mammal, its female lays eggs, usually two, in a soft filmy shell, which she incubates in the nest for about ten days. The cubs are born blind, completely devoid of hair, and the mother feeds them while lying on her back - the babies lick the milk, which is secreted from the milk pores on the skin. When the cubs are old enough, the mother takes them to the water to hunt for small animals.
- Echidna. Another group of absolutely incredible animals that are found only in Australia: These are also mammals, only they are oviparous. The platypus hatches eggs in a hole, and then feeds the small platypuses with milk, which flows directly from the milk pores on the belly, and the echidna carries its only egg in bag, where it also feeds the cub. The appearance of these animals is very unusual: the platypus looks like a beaver with a bird's beak and webbed feet, and the echidna looks like a hedgehog with a beak.
KANGAROO
Kangaroos have long and rather large ears. They can move independently of one another - this helps animals catch the faintest sounds. Indeed, kangaroos have highly developed hearing.
serve the animal for grasping objects - the fingers are very well adapted for this purpose.
Sometimes kangaroos fight among themselves to establish dominance. The duelists stand opposite each other, leaning on their hind legs and tail. To strike, they grab each other with their front paws, raise their legs, holding only one tail, and deliver powerful blows with them. The baby kangaroo is born blind and naked, two centimeters long and weighing only one gram.
- This marsupial looks like a bear cub and weighs about 15 kilograms. The koala is covered with gray fur, lighter on the belly. Its front paws with sharp claws are well adapted to life in trees. It spends most of its time in trees, rarely descending to the ground. These animals are found in the eastern part of Australia, which is especially rich in eucalyptus forests.
- Every day, a koala eats about one kilogram of eucalyptus leaves.
- Only when the trees are located far from each other does the animal descend to the ground. The koala usually spends its entire life on eucalyptus branches.
- The koala feeds only on eucalyptus leaves and among them chooses the oldest, not the youngest. Zoologists have discovered that young leaves contain a strong poison - a strong acid - so animals avoid eating them.
MARSPUPIAL DEVIL
The marsupial devil lives only in Tasmania; sometimes it is even called the Tasmanian devil. This predator spends the day in bushes and goes out hunting at night. He loves to fight, enters into battle with a stronger opponent, and even defeats dogs. If caught as a cub, it is easily tamed and becomes attached to a person.
Wombats are herbivores that spend most of their lives underground. Outwardly, they resemble small bears, but weigh about 20-45 kilograms.
- Wombats are vegetarians: their diet mainly consists of grass shoots, moss, mushrooms and berries. They feed on roots, leaves and mushrooms.
- They live in the southern regions of Australia. They dig a deep branched hole for themselves.
WOMBAT
Wombats are the most economical consumers of water of all mammals, after the camel: they only need 22 ml of water per kg of body weight per day.
Inca cockatoo
Found in western and southern Australia. Prefers eucalyptus forests, bushland, low-growing Australian eucalyptus and adjacent cultivated lands. Dense forests are not suitable for them. A rare species, in some places replaced by the pink cockatoo. It is protected in all states. Currently, these parrots are rare in home keeping. . They are not imported to Europe, and there are very few chicks bred by amateurs. Catching and selling this parrot is prohibited. In Australia itself, he is detained only with the permission of the authorities . Life expectancy is from 40 to 80 years.
kookaburra
Australia is also home to birds that cannot be found on other continents. For example, the laughing kookaburra: this is a bird of prey about 45 centimeters long that makes sounds similar to human laughter. The kookaburra makes nests in the hollows of eucalyptus trees and feeds mainly on reptiles and insects. Young birds born in the previous year often stay with their parents and help them hatch the eggs of the next clutch.
cassowary
Another bird of Australia is the cassowary. This is a large flightless bird, reaching a height of one and a half meters, which makes them the second largest bird in the world (after ostriches). Cassowaries live alone and avoid people. They usually feed on fruits and mushrooms. Females generally do not take part in incubating the eggs and caring for the chicks: they often go to the site of another male, while the males incubate the eggs for about two months and then take care of the chicks on their own.
Lyrebird
A family of passerine birds. Includes two species of land-dwelling Australian birds. Lyrebirds are considered Australia's national bird, despite being rare in their natural habitat. Lyrebirds are also well known for the striking beauty of their enormous tail on the male bird, which can be admired when it opens its tail for display or in courtship.
- The fauna of Australia includes about 200 thousand species of animals, and among them there are a huge number of unique animals. 83% of mammals, 89% of reptiles, 90% of fish and insects and 93% of amphibians are indigenous to Australia and completely unique to the rest of the planet.
- A characteristic feature of Australia has always been that it has no indigenous predatory mammals. The only dangerous predatory animal and almost the only enemy of sheep herds is the dingo dog, an animal of medium size between a fox and a wolf. Dingoes were introduced by the Austronesians, who traded with Aboriginal Australians from 3000 BC. e. Australia also did not have its own pachyderms and ruminants.
- Many plants and animals, including giant marsupials, became extinct with the settlement of the mainland by aborigines; others (such as the Tasmanian tiger (better known as the marsupial wolf)) became extinct with the arrival of Europeans.
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- 1. What mammal lays eggs? a) kangaroo
- b) platypus
- c) wombat
- 2. What animal moves by jumping? a) echidna
- b) dingo dog
- c) kangaroo
- 3. What animal eats eucalyptus? a) marsupial wolf
- b) koala
- c) marsupial devil
- 4. Males of which bird hatch their chicks? a) lyrebird
- b) cassowary
- c) kookaburra
- 5. Which bird is a predator? a) cockatoo
- b) kookaburra
- c) lyrebird
- Dingo is a secondarily feral domestic dog, the only placental predator in the aboriginal fauna of Australia.
- The dugong is an aquatic mammal; the only modern representative of the dugong family of the sirenian order. The name "dugong" comes from the Malay duyung, meaning "mermaid", "sea maiden".
- This unique animal is one of the symbols of Australia
- Its black coloring, huge mouth with sharp teeth, ominous night cries and ferocious disposition gave the first European settlers the reason to nickname this stocky predator “the devil”.
- They are the only Australian marsupials that lead an underground lifestyle.
- The Australian echidna is an oviparous mammal of the echidna family. This is the only representative of the genus of true echidnas.
- Wombats are burrowing herbivores that resemble small bears in appearance.
- The sugar glider, or dwarf flying squirrel, is a small animal of the order Dvureztsov, belongs to the infraclass Marsupials.
- Wallabies are a group of species of marsupial mammals in the kangaroo family, typically smaller in size than kangaroos or wallaroos.
- The marsupial anteater or nambat is a rare mammal of the marsupial anteater family; the only representative of the family of the same name.
- Emu is a family of birds of the cassowary order, currently represented by a single species - the common emu. Previously, emus were classified as ostrich-like animals.
- Cassowaries are the only genus of large flightless birds of the cassowary family of the cassowary order, living in the tropical forests of New Guinea and northeastern Australia.
- Marsupial mice (Antechinus) are a genus of mammals in the family of predatory marsupials.
- It is a medium-sized and densely built bird of prey.
- Lyrebirds are considered Australia's national bird, despite being rare in their natural habitat.
- These are migratory birds. Little loins overwinter in Africa and Asia, where they feed in shallow waters overgrown with reeds with a muddy bottom, sometimes in rice fields and damp meadows.
- a species of bird from the stork family. Distributed in Asia and Australia, where it lives mainly in aquatic and swampy places in the north of the country.
- Moloch, or horned devil, is a lizard from the agam family. The name is given because of its terrifying appearance.
- Taipans are a genus of very poisonous snakes of the asp family. Large Australian snakes, whose bite is considered the most dangerous among modern snakes, before the development of an antidote to it (in 1955), died from a taipan bite in more than 90% of cases. There are only 2 species: the taipan itself and the fierce snake.
- The cattail is a lungfish from the family Ceratodontidae. Endemic to Australia. The Queensland natives call it barramunda.
- The warty fish (or wasp fish, stone fish) is a carnivorous fish of the wart family with poisonous spines on its back, which lives on the bottom near coral reefs and camouflages itself as a stone. It is considered the most poisonous fish in the world.
- The Mustelidae family of sharks in some respects occupy an intermediate position between the families of cats and gray sharks. They usually do not have a nictitating membrane, but there is a fold of skin on the lower eyelid that resembles this membrane.
- The Ragfish, or Grass Sea Dragon, is a marine fish of the needle family (Syngnathidae), the only species of the genus Phyllopteryx.
- The Australian conefish is a species of fish belonging to the conefish family and the only representative of its genus. Also known as chainmail fish or knight fish for its corresponding coloration; and as a "sidelight" fish, as it has a pair of bioluminescent organs reminiscent of ships' navigation lights.
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Echidna The echidna is a relative of the platypus, but is not at all like it. This is a terrestrial animal that looks like a hedgehog. The echidna's body is covered with sharp needles, which constitute its only weapon, its muzzle is elongated, its mouth is small and toothless. The echidna lives in bush thickets, feeds on ants, which it licks with a long thin tongue, tearing apart anthills with strong claws or turning over stones. Echidna reproduces by eggs. She places the only egg, covered with a hard shell, in a “bag” on her belly, where the baby hatches. When the baby grows needles, the mother releases him into the wild
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KOALA In Australia, koalas inhabit eucalyptus forests. They spend their entire lives on eucalyptus trees, feeding on the leaves of these trees. Koalas are excellent climbers, although slowness is their main property. Koalas are amazingly cute and attractive. They are very popular with children and there is always a crowd around the koala cages at zoos. Australians love this animal very much: when a koala slowly crosses a highway, even with heavy traffic, all cars, as if on command, freeze and wait patiently.
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KANGAROO The appearance of a kangaroo is familiar to everyone. Among them there are giants taller than a person, there are small forms (wallabies), and there are even tree kangaroos. All of them are herbivores, they move in large leaps, and carry their cubs in a pouch on their stomachs. Often the already grown cubs nibble grass next to their mother, but when alarmed they climb back into the pouch and look out from there, feeling safe. Kangaroo meat is edible and Australians export it to other countries, and in Europe they are often farmed for restaurants and cafes.
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BOMBAT The wombat most closely resembles a huge (up to 40 kilograms) tailless marmot. It even has the same teeth, unlike the teeth of other marsupials. This is a surprisingly good-natured, calm and slightly active animal. Wombats live in deep and complex burrows, from which they come out to feed only in the dark, at night, feed exclusively on grass, run quietly and soon get tired. Unfortunately, wombats did not get along with cattle breeders, who claimed that wombats spoil sheep pastures with their burrows. They were shot at with guns and caught in traps. As a result, wombats, like many marsupials, were on the verge of complete extermination. Now they are under protection, and their numbers are gradually increasing.
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Dingo Dingo is not a real Australian. Hundreds of years ago, he was a domestic dog and sailed to the shores of Australia on rafts from the inhabitants of other islands. Here he broke his former ties with man and went wild. The former owners returned home, or maybe they were killed by local residents who lived in Australia earlier. We will never know. But the dingo remained and became an absolutely equal member of the Australian animal world. Dingoes are small red, pointy-eared dogs; they live in packs, fight with humans and successfully escape from his pursuit, hunt kangaroos on their own, and give birth to puppies in deep, well-covered burrows. Now the dingo is a real wild animal, the only “non-marsupial” animal in Australia.
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Marsupial wolf The marsupial wolf is the largest predator in Australia and one of the rarest animals in the world. True, it bears little resemblance to an ordinary wolf: a striped back, a long thin tail, rounded ears. He is the terror of all herbivorous animals. The marsupial wolf came into conflict with cattle breeders, and suffered a sad fate - this interesting animal was completely exterminated on the continent. It is believed that several marsupial wolves still exist in Tasmania, an island located south of Australia. But who knows? There are no such animals in the zoos of the world, and any of them would give all their money for a pair of such wolves.
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Platypus The platypus is the size of a rabbit. It has a flat, beaver-like tail, webbed feet, and a body covered with short hair. The muzzle ends in a soft “beak” similar to a duck’s. The platypus feeds on small aquatic animals and is a good swimmer and diver. But the most amazing thing is that the platypus reproduces with eggs, like a bird. The female lays from 1 to 4 whitish eggs with a soft shell in a deep hole dug in the shore of a reservoir, the entrance to which she carefully seals. The female incubates the eggs in the folds of her body, curled up into a ball. The cubs feed on milk, and when they grow a little, they leave the hole and immediately move on to independent life.
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Lyrebird The lyrebird is Australia's most amazing bird. Outwardly, it looks like a pheasant. The pheasant is the size of a chicken, stays mainly on the ground and is very secretive. He runs amazingly fast, but takes off reluctantly and rarely. The most amazing thing about the lyrebird is its long tail. Where the two outermost striped feathers curve beautifully outward, and the rest are like knitting needles, covered with sparse long hairs. This tail is very similar to a musical instrument - a lyre. When a bird runs among the bushes and touches their branches, it seems that music is about to start playing. By the way, the lyrebird can imitate the voices of all animals in Australia and even reproduce mechanical noises.
