Transcript Australia
Australia By Sarah and Lauren AUSTRALIA • Australia is estimated to be 7,692,024 square Kilometers. • Australia is the sixth largest nation. • Australia has the most venomous snakes in the world. • Australia is the smallest continent and the largest island. KOALA • Koalas are not bears. • Koalas fossils found in Australia have been dated back to 20 million years. • Koalas eat eucalypt leaves and almost nothing else. • The closest living relative to the Koala is the Wombat. • A baby Koala is called a Joey. • Koalas have a large nose coloured pink or black. Crocodiles • Crocodiles have the strongest bite of any animal in the world. • Some crocodile species can weigh up to 1200kg (2600lb). • The saltwater crocodile is the largest species of Crocodile in the world. • The muscles that open a Crocodiles jaw are not so powerful. Strong people would be able to hold a Crocodiles jaw shut. • Crocodiles eat fish , Birds and other animals. FAIRY PENGUIN • The Fairy penguin is the smallest species of penguin • There nicknames are the blue penguin , the little blue penguin or the blue penguin • The head and upperparts are blue in colour , with slate grey ears. • The fairy penguin has wings and a long life span. GREAT WHITE SHARK • The great white shark is also known as the white shark , great white , great pointer and man eater. • The great white shark is the. species of the shark from the hit movie jaws. • The great white sharks normally eat seals , small fish and other things they can find. • Sharks can live up to an age of 15 years old. Rainbow Lorikeet • The most striking coloured and noisy bird out of the 328 species of parrot. • These birds are mostly found in flocks , big flocks at night. • These birds spend most of there time feeding and most of their food comes from trees , flowers , pollen and blossom. Frilled neck lizard • Head and Body Length: to 28cm Total Overall Length: usually 70 cm but up to 95cm. • The colour of the lizard matches the land on which it lives , so a frilled lizard from 1 region may be brighter than another. • The male is more colourful than the female, They are not poisonous or harmful to man. Tasmanian Devil • The Tasmanian Devil is the largest carnivore (eat meat)in Australia. • The Tasmanian devil is usually black with a white collar or patch around his neck. • It is the size of a small terrier dog. • Its dark colouring helps it to move around unseen at night. • Tasmanian devil prefers to eat carrion(which is dead animals.