Marsupials: This is a special group of mammals that carry the young in a pouch. Most of these mammals live on the Australian continent but there are marsupials in South America too such as the opossum. There are more than 330 species of marsupials in Australia. Among the many marsupial spec...
The vast majority of Australian animals are marsupials - animals whose young develop in a pouch instead of a placenta. Australia is also home to the onlyegg-laying mammalsin the world, the amazing echidna and the extraordinarily odd duckbill platypus. Bats and dingos are the only placental mamm...
Rabbits remain a huge problem for the country, especially for the wilderness and wildlife. The non-native animals destroy native planets, crops and significantly erode the topsoil. Over the years, Australian farmers and authorities have had to resort to poisons and even using ferrets to address th...
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Many Australians would rather the cane toad was not on a list of Australian animals! The amphibian is an invasive species in Australia and has spread rapidly across the country since its introduction in the 1940s. The insect-eating frog was brought to Australia from its native South America in...
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For a two- or three-week stretch in early spring, Australian forests reverberate with the sexual shenanigans of the male antechinus. These tiny, tireless marsupials can engage in a single intimate encounter for 14 hours straight. Desperate, virile and indefatigable, each of these bitty boys wil...