Wildlife of Australia |
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... grass trees and the cycads - range from central deserts to west coasts and there are a number of species in Australia . The cycads are an ancient group of plants and three main groups are found in Australia . They are among the most ...
... grass trees and the cycads - range from central deserts to west coasts and there are a number of species in Australia . The cycads are an ancient group of plants and three main groups are found in Australia . They are among the most ...
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... grass trees often occur in close - packed thousands , such a landscape can be fascinating . The jacket of leaf bases protects the grass tree from bushfires , though usually the trunks become blackened . This has led to another name ...
... grass trees often occur in close - packed thousands , such a landscape can be fascinating . The jacket of leaf bases protects the grass tree from bushfires , though usually the trunks become blackened . This has led to another name ...
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... grass became the favoured food . Should caterpillars appear to feed on the grass then these became the staple diet , grass at secondhand so to speak . In winter , grass , leaves and fruit are eaten and when spring brings out ...
... grass became the favoured food . Should caterpillars appear to feed on the grass then these became the staple diet , grass at secondhand so to speak . In winter , grass , leaves and fruit are eaten and when spring brings out ...
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Aborigines animals areas baby bandicoots Bass Strait bats beak best known birds blue body breeding brown burrows called captivity chicks coast colour common name creature crocodiles crow David Fleay dingo dolphins dragon eaten echidna egg-laying eggs feathers feed feet female freshwater frogs geckoes giant glider goannas grass grey ground hatch head hollow honey-eaters huge hunting inches insects islands joey kangaroo killed kinds koala land legless lizards legs live lyrebirds magpie male mammals marsupials miles mother move native naturalist nest noisy scrub-bird normal northern numbat pattern perhaps plants platypus poisonous possum pouch prey python Queensland rats reptiles ring-tail rock scientists scrub-bird seals Silver-eyes skin skinks smaller snake South Australia South Wales southern species swallowed tadpoles tail Tasmania Tasmanian tiger teeth tiger toes tortoises tree turtle victim Victoria wallabies Western Australia whale wings wombats young youngsters