Wild life of Australia #wildlife #animals

Australia is the sixth-largest country in the world. It is also one of the driest continents on Earth. Its huge landmass offers a varied landscape of deserts, tropical rainforests, and mountain ranges, which provide a variety of habitats for animals in Australia. It’s famous for its Great Barrier Reef, the largest coral reef in the world. An island continent, it is surrounded by the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It includes the Australian mainland, the island of Tasmania, and other small islands.

Australia’s unique geographic position and centuries of isolation created ecosystems that are unlike any in the world. Of its flora and fauna, 84% of its mammals, 45% of its birds, 93% of its reptiles, and 90% of its fish are native to Australia. It has 755 species of reptiles, which is more than any country in the world
With so many species not found anywhere else in the world, Australia has a very rich and diverse animal population. Some of its most well-known and best-loved animals are its marsupials.

The kangaroo is synonymous with Australia. And there are a lot of them in the country — 30-40 million, and more than 55 different species, such as the Red Kangaroo, the largest marsupial on earth. They belong to a group of animals called macropods, which includes wallabies and tree kangaroos. Another macropod is the quokka, called “the world’s happiest animal” for its smiling expression and friendliness, which can be found mainly on Rottnest Island in Western Australia.

Koalas are recognized as distinctly Australian. Despite many calling them “koala bears,” they are not bears but are marsupials without a tail. They spend 18-20 hours a day sleeping to preserve the energy it takes to digest their fibrous diet (and it’s a myth they sleep so much because they are “drunk” on gum leaves!).Australia is the only country where you can find the platypus, which is a monotreme, a mammal that lays eggs instead of bearing live young. Because it appears to have the body of a mole, the tail of a beaver, and the beak of a duck, when biologists first saw a platypus some of them thought it was a crazy, elaborate hoax and not a real animal. It’s also one of the few venomous mammals on Earth, as the male has poisonous stingers on its hind feet.

Burrow-dwelling and waddling wombats, frilled lizards – also known as frill-necked lizards for the “frill” skin flap that can extend like a fan to scare off predators, and lyrebirds, known for their ability to mimic virtually any sound, are all notable native Australian animals. Australia is also famous for its saltwater crocodiles and its venomous snake and spider species such as redbacks and Sydney funnel-webs. To learn about some of the deadliest animals in Australia

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