Mammals of Australia · Australia has more than 378 mammal species . · It is the only continent in the world to still have all three of the major groups of mammals: monotremes, marsupials and placentals. · Some of the best-known animals are the kangaroo, koala, echidna, dingo, platypus, wallaby and wombat. · Monotremes - egg-laying mammals (nowadays found only in Australia and New Guinea) Marsupials - babies born in embryonic condition and kept firmly attached to a teat in a pouch or nestled behind a protective skin-flap while developing further Placentals - unborn young are nourished by a placenta and born at a more advanced stage, some still naked, blind and unable to walk for a week or two, others able to run on their day of birth Monotremes: Marsupial: Placentals:
Australia has the highest rates of skin cancer in the world, while cigarette smoking is the largest preventable cause of death and disease Age pension is available to men aged 65 Women currently become eligible for the Age pension at 63 years and 6 months the peculiarities Because of the continent's great age, extremely variable weather patterns, and long-term geographic isolation, much of Australia's biota is unique and diverse. Kangaroo, koala, wombat, emu, kookaburra, eucalyptus, dingo Australia is the driest inhabited continent on earth
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CULTURE Australian culture is as broad and varied as the country's landscape. Australia is multicultural and multiracial and this is reflected in the country's food, lifestyle and cultural practices and experience. ENVIRONMENT Australia has the greatest number of reptiles of any country, with 755 species. Australian forests are mostly made up of evergreen species, particularly eucalyptus trees . Well-known Australian animals:kangaroo ,koala and wombat . Well-known Australian birds:emu and kookaburra . LANGUAGE Australia has no official language, English has always been entrenched as the national language . English is the only language spoken in the home for close to 81% of the population . The next most common languages spoken at home are Mandarin (1.7%), Italian (1.5%), rabic(1.4%) . Australia has a sign language known as Auslan, which is the main language of about 5,500 deaf people . RELIGION 61
biggest group of animals in Australia. Most of the she-marsupials have pouches in which they carry their young. The kangaroo is one Australian animal that everybody knows.There are more than 50 species of kangaroo. They are furry animals that hop on their hind legs. The biggest are red kangaroos, grey kangaroos and euros. The smallest are thekangaroos that belong to the group called rat kangaroos. There are million of kangaroos in Australia. Another Australian marsupial is the wombat. It lives in burrows in grassland areas of Australia and Tasmania. It has short strong legs and long claws for digging burrows.Wombats live in groups and come out to look for food at night. They have poor eyesight but they can smell and hear very well. Their nearest living relatives are koalas. The koala is one of the best known Australian animals. They live in eucalyptus trees,sleeping for 18 hours and eating 1 kilo of leaves each day. They drink almost
Enviroment. Although most of Australia is semiarid or desert, it includes a diverse range of habitats from alpine heaths to tropical rainforests. Australian forests are mostly made up of evergreen species, particularly eucalyptus trees in the less arid regions, wattles replace them in drier regions and deserts as the most dominant species. Among wellknown Australian fauna are the monotremes (the platypus and echidna); a host of marsupials, including the kangaroo, koala, and wombat, and birds such as the emu and the kookaburra. The koala and eucalyptus form an iconic australian pair pair. Culture. Since 1788, the basis of Australian culture has been strongly influenced by Anglo-Celtic Western culture. Distinctive cultural features have also arisen from Australia's natural environment and Indigenous cultures. Since the mid-20th century, American popular culture has strongly
there. As a result, the reptile like mammals that have died out everywhere else in the world are very much alive in Australia. Australia is, in fact, a continent-sized museum of ancient animals, modernized along certain lines by their own separate evolution. Two of the strangest animals in the world the spiny anteater and the platypus, only live in Australia. They are reptile-mammals. Another group of Australian mammals are the marsupials. These are the kangaroo and the wombat, for example. They do not lay eggs, but their young are born before they are fully developed. A little kangaroo crawls into its mother's pouch and stays there for almost three months. Dogs, cats, and rabbits brought to Australia by men are rapidly destroying the gentler marsupials. There is only one marsupial still alive in the United States today it is the opossum. Many of the plants of Australia aren't found anywhere else. Agriculture
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rat kangaroos. They eat grass and leaves and live in groups of about twelve. The koala is one of the best loved Australian animals. The aboriginals named it "the animal that does not drink". They live in eucalyptus trees, sleeping for 18 hours, and eating 1 kilo of leaves and bark each day. Baby koalas are about the size of a bean when they are born. They move into their mother's pouch, which opens to the back. It comes out at the age of 6 months. The wombat lives in burrows in grassland areas of Australia and Tasmania. It has short strong legs and claws for digging burrows. They live in groups and come out to look for food at night. To counterbalance their poor eyesight, they can smell and hear very well. Their nearest relatives are koalas. The possum is a furry animal that lives in the trees. This good climber moves about at night. They live in groups and come out to look for food in the night. Some of them are called
kangaroo. There are more that 50 different species of them. Kangaroo is a furry and quite long animal who is known for its jumping. They can jump more than 4 meters and achieve 70 km/h. Kangaroos eat grass and leaves. The koala is one of the best-loved Australian animals. It is a small marsupial that lives in eucalyptus trees and it can sleep for 18 hours straight. The aborigines named it "the animal that does not drink", but it eats leaves and bark. The wombat is a small animal that has short, but strong legs and claws, which it uses for digging burrows. It lives on Tasmania, but also in burrows in grasslands of Australia. They do not see well, but they can hear and smell very well. The platypus is a strange-looking marsupial that lays eggs. It has a strong flat tail what it uses to swim. It gets its food mainly from rivers and they live in the rivers of East Australia. The possum is most probably the strangest animal in Australia. It is an
Animal life Australia is a continent sized museum of ancient animals. Anteater and platypus are the two of the strangest animals in the world. They are really reptile mammals. They have hair like cats and dogs, but they lay shelled eggs like snakes and turtles. And they are found only in Australia. Another group of Australian mammals, the marsupials, are less like reptiles than the anteater and the platypus, but they are not highly developed mammals either. The kangaroo and the wombat are marsupials. Their young are born before they are fully developed. The kangaroo is born after being only seven weeks inside it's mother. It is completely blind and only an inch or an inch and a half long. It crawls into its mother's pouch and attaches itself to a nipple there. There it stays for almost three months, when it begins to stick its head out. It is six months old before it is big and strong enough to leave the pouch.
But today's Australia is one of the most urbanized countries in the world. For many years, Australia was a part of the British Empire, and the Anglo-Celtic heritage has greatly influenced the country's lifestyle. The traditional British supper is still very common, and barbecues ("the barbies", as Australians call it) are a typical Australian pastime. There is also the traditional Aboriginal cooking in Australia. It consists of such unique foods as kangaroo, wombat, turtle, eel, emu, and snake meat. Almost all Australians love sports. Soccer, rugby, cricket, cycling, bush walking (hiking), tennis, and golf are very popular among Australians of all ages. Australians love to celebrate their national holidays. Along with New Year's Day, Easter, and Christmas, they celebrate the Australia Day on January 26, the Queen's birthday, and they also have several festivals during a year. Two of the most important festivals are for Easter and Christmas.
mama's pouch. They are born as small, bean-sized hairless babies that climb up into the safety of the pouch. After 33 weeks the little kangaroos have to leave the pouch. At top speed kangaroos can make 4m leaps and reach the velocity of 50 km/h. The long, heavy and powerful kangaroo tail makes it all possible by providing balance and stability. Only tree kangaroos can move their hind feet independently of one- another. The wombat is a marsupial rat. The koala or pouched bear lives in the gum- trees. It is the loveliest of all the Australian animals. The Tasmanian wolf and the Tasmanian devil, the only native carnivores of Australia, are almost extinct. The egg-laying mammals are the strangest of all Australian animals. They lay eggs like birds and feed their young with milk like mammals do. They form a link between birds and mammals.
When it doesn't find the pouch, it dies. But when it does, it stays there for 6 months. Kangaroos are the only large animals to use hopping as a means of locomotion. The comfortable hopping speed for Red Kangaroos is about 2025 km/h, but they can hop as fast as 70 km/h over short distances. Wombats are Australian marsupials; they are shortlegged, muscular quadrupeds, approximately one metre in length and with a very short tail. The name wombat comes from the Eora Aboriginal community who were the original inhabitants of the Sydney area. Wombats dig extensive burrow systems with rodentlike front teeth and powerful claws. Although mainly crepuscular and nocturnal, wombats will also venture out to feed on cool or overcast days. They are not as easily seen as many animals, but leave ample evidence of their passage, treating fences as a minor inconvenience to be gone through or under
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