Fun Facts About Australian Animals
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Fun facts about australian animals. Kangaroos are indigenous to Australia seriously this should be higher on your list of things to see than a beach Kangaroos are strict herbivores however they hardly release any methane unlike most cattle. We have over 6000 species of flies about 4000 species of ants and there are about 350 species of termites in Australia. There are three times as many sheep than people living in Australia.
Facts about australian animals 9. Youll find some of the most beautiful coral in the world here but also some of the most deadly jellyfish and sharks loads of sharks. Also in the north eastern parts of the country youll find the spectacled flying fox or spectacled fruit bat.
Here we explore weird and wonderful fun facts about 10 of them. Its the smallest of Australias flying foxes. They represent a nation moving forward 1.
Australia is also home to the only egg-laying mammals in the world the amazing echidna and the extraordinarily odd duckbill platypus. The largest eco-system is the Great Barrier Reef. Here you can learn some new fun facts about Australia.
The baby echidna called a puggle hatches after 10 days and is carried around by the mother for two months in a fold in her skin that acts like a pouch. This flightless bird found in woodlands grasslands and forests of Australia. With tentacles that can grow up to three metres its probably not ideal to go swimming with these horrors during the summer holidays.
There are 8 sheep for every person in Australia. THESE FACTS ARE NOT USELESS. Of the wild animals found in Australia 80 of them are unique to Australia and cannot be found in the wild anywhere else.