Wildlife of Australia |
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... live in such areas , can be farmed but where introduced animals can do considerable damage and even bring ruin to the country . The land surrounding this central dry area is pastoral and covers a second third of the continent . The ...
... live in such areas , can be farmed but where introduced animals can do considerable damage and even bring ruin to the country . The land surrounding this central dry area is pastoral and covers a second third of the continent . The ...
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... live in the same kind of country and hunt the same kind of food would develop structures of the same kind . The soft flexible bill of the platypus , like that of a duck , is ideal for sifting through mud . A burrowing animal , whether ...
... live in the same kind of country and hunt the same kind of food would develop structures of the same kind . The soft flexible bill of the platypus , like that of a duck , is ideal for sifting through mud . A burrowing animal , whether ...
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... live entirely on carrion , dead animals of any kind . Others feed almost entirely on insects or small birds and small mammals . Australia has no vultures and no secretary birds but does possess the other three groups in the birds of ...
... live entirely on carrion , dead animals of any kind . Others feed almost entirely on insects or small birds and small mammals . Australia has no vultures and no secretary birds but does possess the other three groups in the birds of ...
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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