Fun Facts About Australian Animals
The platypus and two species of echidna are the worlds only egg-laying mammals so called monotremes.
Fun facts about australian animals. It is the heaviest flightless bird in the country. There are 8 sheep for every person in Australia. The little red flying fox is also a native mega-bat but living in north and eastern areas.
Bats and dingos are the only placental mammals to have reached Australia on their own. Australia is also home to the only egg-laying mammals in the world the amazing echidna and the extraordinarily odd duckbill platypus. Wild animals are 80 unique to Australia.
Finally you may also see a. Australia is h ome to many animal species. Standing at a height of 6 feet and weigh between 54 kg and 58 kg the emu is Australias largest living bird.
It can reach speeds of up to 75 mph 120 kph. Fun facts about australian animals. Some of our Australian animals are very well known like kangaroos dingos wallabies and wombats and of course the koala platypus and echidna.
It is also the third biggest bird after South Cassowary and Ostrich. An Average Australian drink 96 liters of beer per year. The australian spotted mackerel scomberomorus queenslandicus is a fish of the scombridae familyit can be found in the tropical and subtropical waters of northern australia shark bay to sydney and southern papua new guinea.
There are deadly spiders and snakes but also cute koalas and kangaroos. 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. But there is still so much we dont know about Australias native animals.