1. Group Cards
For the final task give a group one card (two groups in the room will have the same card but will not know this). They calculate the population size. Then have an opportunity for peer review.

2. DUCK BILLED PLATYPUS (H7)
The platypus also known as the duck-billed platypus is a semiaquatic egg-laying mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania. They prefer slow moving clean water.
Scientific name: Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Conservation status: Moderate Concern
Trophic level: Carnivorous
Lifespan: 17 years (In captivity)
Mass: 0.7 – 2.4 kg
Number of animals captured:
1st Visit 20
2nd visit 27
Marked on 2nd visit

3. WOMBAT (E5)
Wombats are short-legged, muscular quadrupedal marsupials native to Australia and are about 1 m in length, with small, stubby tails.
Scientific name: Vombatidae
Conservation status: Least concern
Mass: 20 – 35 kg
Speed: 40 km/h maximum (When threatened
Gestation period: 120 – 121 days
Number of animals captured:
1st Visit 67
2nd visit 86
Marked on 2nd visit 45

4. KOALA (B2)
The koala is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia. It is the closest living relatives are the wombats.
Scientific name: Phascolarctos cinereus
Trophic level: Herbivorous
Conservation status: Least Concern
Lifespan: 13 – 18 years (In Wild)
Gestation period: 30 – 35 days
Mass: 4 – 15 kg (Adult)
Number of animals captured:
1st Visit 119
2nd visit 89
Marked on 2nd visit 68

5. ECHIDNA (i2)
Sometimes known as spiny anteaters, they are one of only a few egg-laying mammals.
Scientific name: Tachyglossidae
Conservation status: High concern
Mass: 5 – 8 kg
Trophic level: Insectivore
Gestation period: 20 – 21 days
Number of animals captured:
1st Visit 6
2nd visit 1
Marked on 2nd visit 2

6. WITCHETTY GRUB (D4)
The witchetty grub is the larval stage of the Cossid Moth and is the stable diet of Aboriginal Australians. They prefer lowlands and can survive moderate pollution levels but when disturbed they secrete a brown bitter liquid.
Scientific name: Endoxyla leucomochla
Conservation status: No Concern
Trophic level: Herbivorous
Lifespan: 30 – 60 days
Mass: 50 – 100 g
Number of animals captured:
1st Visit 207
2nd visit 299
Marked on 2nd visit 167

7. CASSOWARY (F3)
These rare birds can disembowel humans with their sharp claw on each of their feet. Their head ‘bone’ is actually made from hair.
Scientific name: Casuarius unappendiculatus
Conservation status: High concern
Mass: 50 – 100 kg
Trophic level: Omnivorous
Gestation period: 45 – 50 days
Number of animals captured:
1st Visit 12
2nd visit 4
Marked on 2nd visit 6

8. THORNY DEVIL (J7)
This desert lizard is capable of squirting blood from its eyes when attacked, and survives on a diet of just green and red ants
Scientific name: Moluch moluchas
Conservation status: Moderate Concern
Trophic level: Insectivorous
Lifespan: 3 – 6 years
Mass: 750 – 900 g
Number of animals captured:
1st Visit 56
2nd visit 74
Marked on 2nd visit 32

9. PARROT FISH (H4)
These fish can come in 95 different colours and have teeth that looks like a parrots beak which is powerful enough to bite through concrete.
Scientific name: Labroidi cardiau
Conservation status: Moderate concern
Mass: 5 – 10 kg
Trophic level: Carnivorous
Gestation period: 45 – 50 days
Number of animals captured:
1st Visit 57
2nd visit 87
Marked on 2nd visit 34

10. DUCK BILLED PLATYPUS (i4)
The platypus also known as the duck-billed platypus is a semiaquatic egg-laying mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania. They prefer slow moving clean water.
Scientific name: Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Conservation status: Moderate Concern
Trophic level: Carnivorous
Lifespan: 17 years (In captivity)
Mass: 0.7 – 2.4 kg
Number of animals captured:
1st Visit 32
2nd visit 54
Marked on 2nd visit 23

11. WOMBAT (A4)
Wombats are short-legged, muscular quadrupedal marsupials native to Australia and are about 1 m in length, with small, stubby tails.
Scientific name: Vombatidae
Conservation status: Least concern
Mass: 20 – 35 kg
Speed: 40 km/h maximum (When threatened
Gestation period: 120 – 121 days
Number of animals captured:
1st Visit 158
2nd visit 99
Marked on 2nd visit 48

12. KOALA (C6)
The koala is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia. It is the closest living relatives are the wombats.
Scientific name: Phascolarctos cinereus
Trophic level: Herbivorous
Conservation status: Least Concern
Lifespan: 13 – 18 years (In Wild)
Gestation period: 30 – 35 days
Mass: 4 – 15 kg (Adult)
Number of animals captured:
1st Visit 98
2nd visit 89
Marked on 2nd visit 84

13. ECHIDNA (G6)
Sometimes known as spiny anteaters, they are one of only a few egg-laying mammals.
Scientific name: Tachyglossidae
Conservation status: High concern
Mass: 5 – 8 kg
Trophic level: Insectivore
Gestation period: 20 – 21 days
Number of animals captured:
1st Visit 8
2nd visit 0
Marked on 2nd visit 2

14. WITCHETTY GRUB (D3)
The witchetty grub is the larval stage of the Cossid Moth and is the stable diet of Aboriginal Australians. They prefer lowlands and can survive moderate pollution levels but when disturbed they secrete a brown bitter liquid.
Scientific name: Endoxyla leucomochla
Conservation status: No Concern
Trophic level: Herbivorous
Lifespan: 30 – 60 days
Mass: 50 – 100 g
Number of animals captured:
1st Visit 450
2nd visit 501
Marked on 2nd visit 479

15. CASSOWARY (G5)
These rare birds can disembowel humans with their sharp claw on each of their feet. Their head ‘bone’ is actually made from hair.
Scientific name: Casuarius unappendiculatus
Conservation status: High concern
Mass: 50 – 100 kg
Trophic level: Omnivorous
Gestation period: 45 – 50 days
Number of animals captured:
1st Visit 3
2nd visit 9
Marked on 2nd visit 8

16. THORNY DEVIL (H2)
This desert lizard is capable of squirting blood from its eyes when attacked, and survives on a diet of just green and red ants
Scientific name: Moluch moluchas
Conservation status: Moderate Concern
Trophic level: Insectivorous
Lifespan: 3 – 6 years
Mass: 750 – 900 g
Number of animals captured:
1st Visit 89
2nd visit 58
Marked on 2nd visit 23

17. PARROT FISH (i7)
These fish can come in 95 different colours and have teeth that looks like a parrots beak which is powerful enough to bite through concrete.
Scientific name: Labroidi cardiau
Conservation status: Moderate concern
Mass: 5 – 10 kg
Trophic level: Carnivorous
Gestation period: 45 – 50 days
Number of animals captured:
1st Visit 67
2nd visit 68
Marked on 2nd visit 10