The Continent That Can Surprise AUSTRALIA

Uncommon Species If you want to see unusual animals, birds and plants, Australia is a good place to go. The Kangaroo is one Australian animal that everybody knows. The biggest of the fifty kinds is the Red Kangaroo. They can jump more than four metres and travel at seventy kilometres an hour. Kangaroos eat grass and leavs and live in small groups.

The Red Kangaroo

Uncommon Species Everybody loves the sleepy Grey Koalas. Like kangaroos, they have a pouch on their fronts for their babies. After six months in the pouch, baby Koalas ride on their mother’s back. Koalas eat one kilo of leaves each day but drink nearly nothing. The word “koala” means “no water”. Not everybody knows that the Koala only looks like a bear but in fact is a different animal.

The Grey Koala

Uncommon Species Two Australian animals, the Echidna and the Duckbill are really very unusual. Their babies come from eggs but drink milk from their mothers. No other animals in the world do this. The Echidna eats ants, which it catches with its long fast tongue. The Duckbill swims well, but it can only stay under the water for some minutes.

The Echidna and The Duckbill

The World Of Birds There are more than eight hundred kinds of birds in Australia. The continent is the home of Budgies and some kinds of Parrots. The Emu, which is two metres tall, is the second largest bird in the world. It cannot fly, but it can run at fifty kilometres an hour. Then there is the Kookaburra bird. Its cry sounds like somebody’s laughter. Australians like the bird, they even made up a song about it.

The Parrots, The Emu, The Kookaburra

Kookaburra Song Kookaburra sits on old gum tree, Merry, merry king of the bush is he. Laugh, Kookaburra, laugh, Kookaburra, Happy your life must be.

Some Other Amazing Facts Eucaliptus trees, or gum trees, grow in many places in Australia. These strong trees grow very fast and do not die when there are forest fires.

Some Other Amazing Facts The world’s longest Coral Reef is also situated in Australia. Its name is Great Barrier Reef. It is 2000 kilometres long and is very old. You can enjoy the beauty of the Reef while visiting the continent.

As you can see, Australia is full of surprises and a lot of people dream to visit the continent and see it with their own eyes. So do I.

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