Fun Facts About Australian Animals
While the Peregrine Falcon is the fastest bird with a diving speed of 242 mph 390 kph.
Fun facts about australian animals. This animal is characterized with pouch used to raise their babies. It is also the third biggest bird after South Cassowary and Ostrich. Australia created its version of football rules for their league.
Half of the birds that live in Australia can only be found there. The national animal of Australia is the kangaroo. In fact Australia houses more than 10 of the worlds biodiversity animals and plant varieties.
With tentacles that can grow up to three metres its probably not ideal to go swimming with these horrors during the summer holidays. Platypus are highly poisonous and have enough poison to kill a dog or make a human seriously ill. Fun facts about australian animals.
Baby elephants suck their trunks for comfort. It can reach speeds of up to 75 mph 120 kph. It is the heaviest flightless bird in the country.
The platypus and two species of echidna are the worlds only egg-laying mammals so called monotremes. Many believe that the kangaroo and emu were chosen to appear on the Australian coat of arms because both animals are reluctant to take a backward step. Bats and dingos are the only placental mammals to have reached Australia on their own.
Standing at a height of 6 feet and weigh between 54 kg and 58 kg the emu is Australias largest living bird. A marsupial is an animal that carries the young in her pouch. Dingo - not like all the other dogs.