Set of 5 Set of 5 well-known birds such as the cockatoo, lorikeet, kookaburra, penguin and emu which are all native to Australia. |
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Australian animals include a kangaroo, wombat, koala, numbat, and Tasmanian devil.
Well-known marsupials include kangaroos, wallabies, koalas, possums, wombats, Tasmanian devils, and the recently extinct thylacines are all native to Australia. Babies are born incompletely developed and are typically carried and suckled in a pouch on the mother's belly. -
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The mother kangaroo gives birth at a very early stage of a joey's development. The underdeveloped joey crawls up to the pouch and continues to develop in safety for a further 6 months. -
Kangaroos have large, powerful hind legs, large feet adapted for leaping, a long muscular tail for balance, and a small head. A large male can be 2 m (6 ft 7 in) tall and weigh 90 kg (200 lb).
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Numbats are now considered endangered and are only found in small pockets in Western Australia now. They live on only one type of food and that's termites. Termites, termites, termites -they can eat up to 20,000 a day! To be able to find 20,000 termites a day, numbats need to be active when the termites are active. Their predators are mainly foxes and cats and due to habitat loss and fragmentation from land clearing they are vulnerable to birds of prey such as the Wedge-tailed Eagles and Falcons.
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Unlike its mammal relatives, the playtpus lays eggs like a bird! -
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This platypus is larger than normal and can be used in contrast to smaller symbols.
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This is a very fast moving and highly poisonous Australian snake. Its often found sun baking in open areas or slithering across a bush pathway.
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Rock wallabies prefer rough terrain and rock outcroppings and they can scale cliffs and climb rocks with superb agility and can leap sizable chasms. Just like their cousins the kangaroo, the mother rock wallaby gives birth at a very early stage of a joey's development. The underdeveloped joey crawls up to the pouch and continues to develop in safety for a further 6 months.