Fun Facts About Australian Animals
Also in the north eastern parts of the country youll find the spectacled flying fox or spectacled fruit bat.
Fun facts about australian animals. 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. The animals included as marsupials are the dasyuromorphs possums and macropods. The Black Marlin is the fastest sea animal and can swim up to 80 mph 130 kph.
Facts about australian animals 9. In fact Australia houses more than 10 of the worlds biodiversity animals and plant varieties. Baby elephants suck their trunks for comfort.
Of the wild animals found in Australia 80 of them are unique to Australia and cannot be found in the wild anywhere else. Australia has almost 400 mammal species and about 140 species of marsupials. There are three times as many sheep than people living in Australia.
Australia is also home to the only egg-laying mammals in the world the amazing echidna and the extraordinarily odd duckbill platypus. You can find a lot of marsupials in Australia. Wild animals are 80 unique to Australia.
It is also the third biggest bird after South Cassowary and Ostrich. Australia is home to possibly the most venomous marine animal in the world. The Australian Dollar AUD is Australias currency.
The Australian Emu a large flightless bird can run as fast as 45kmh 28mph 3. There are deadly spiders and snakes but also cute koalas and kangaroos. Here are other facts about Australian animals for you.