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Unique Australian Animals

Unique Australian Animals: Oystercatcher

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from the Unique Australian Animals you can click here for a simple, brief overview of the characteristics and lifestyles of the Oystercatcher.
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Unique Australian Animals

Unique Australian Animals: Sulphur Crested Cockatoo

For Students 9th - 10th
The Australian sulphur-crested cockatoo is described and illustrated.
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Unique Australian Animals

Unique Australian Animals: Yabby

For Students 3rd - 8th
The Yabby is an Australian freshwater crayfish. Read the description at this website to learn more.
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Australian Museum

Australian Museum: Animals

For Students 9th - 10th
This online site for the Australian Museum introduces the nature and culture of this unique continent. This particular section focuses on the creatures of Australia including spiders, fish, birds, reptiles, mammals, insects, frogs,...
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Unique Australian Animals

Unique Australian Animals: Cassowary

For Students 9th - 10th
Visit this personal webpage to learn more about this interesting Australian bird, the cassowary.
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Unique Australian Animals

Unique Australian Animals: Tasmanian Devil

For Students 9th - 10th
The Tasmanian devil is a real Australian marsupial mammal and nothing like the cartoon character as you will find out in this illustrated article.
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Unique Australian Animals

Unique Australian Animals: Red Tailed Phascogale

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the Australian red-tailed phascogale, also called the brush-tailed marsupial mouse, in this illustrated article.
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Unique Australian Animals

Unique Australian Animals: Western Swamp Tortoise

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use this site to the facts about an endangered Australian tortoise called the Western Swamp Tortoise.
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Unique Australian Animals

Unique Australian Animals: The Southern Right Whale

For Students 9th - 10th
Dive into the world of the Southern Right Whale. Visit this webpage to learn more about this Australian whale.
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Unique Australian Animals

Unique Australian Animals: Red Kangaroo

For Students 9th - 10th
This article, illustrated with many photographs, profiles the red kangarook, Australia's largest kangaroo from nearly 60 species.
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Unique Australian Animals

Unique Australian Animals: Little Blue Penguin

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use this site to get the facts on this adorable little penguin. Click here to read about the Little Blue Penguin, also called the Fairy Penguin.
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Unique Australian Animals

Unique Australian Animals: Brolga

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site view images of this beautiful crane and read this brief description to learn more about the Brolga.
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Unique Australian Animals

Unique Australian Animals:salt Water/estuarine Crocodile

For Students 9th - 10th
Here you can learn all about salt water crocodiles. What makes them different than fresh water crocodiles? Where are they found? What kind of habitat do they live in?
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Unique Australian Animals

Unique Australian Animals: Sea Dragons

For Students 9th - 10th
Although they look similar, sea dragons are not sea horses. Click here to find out how the sea dragon differs from the sea horse.
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Unique Australian Animals

Unique Australian Animals: Platypus

For Students 9th - 10th
The duck-billed platypus of eastern Australia is one of two mammals that bear their young in eggs. This illustrated article features many facts and photographs about this intriguing animal.
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Unique Australian Animals

Unique Australian Animals: Spotted Tailed Quoll

For Students 9th - 10th
The world's second largest carnivorous marsupial, the spotted tailed quoll, is no bigger than a domestic cat and found only in Australia.
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Unique Australian Animals

Unique Australian Animals: Sawfish

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Use this site to learn more about the Sawfish with this brief description and images.
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Unique Australian Animals

Unique Australian Animals: Wallaroo (Euro)

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this description of a Wallaroo to find out why this animal is not a wallaby or a kangaroo.
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Unique Australian Animals

Unique Australian Animals: Sugar Glider

For Students 9th - 10th
Sugar Glider, scientifically called Petaurus breviceps, is a small arboreal gliding possum, and a type of marsupial mammal.
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Unique Australian Animals

Unique Australian Animals: Tasmanian Pademelon

For Students 9th - 10th
The Tasmanian Pademelon, one of Australia's marsupial mammals, is described and illustrated.
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Unique Australian Animals

Unique Australian Animals: Eastern Pygmy Possum

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the eastern pygmy possum of Australia in this illustrated article.
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Unique Australian Animals

Unique Australian Animals: Thorny Devil

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site learn about this unusual lizard found in Australia. There are images to discover how this lizard got its name.
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Unique Australian Animals

Unique Australian Animals: Thylacine

For Students 9th - 10th
This personal webpage is a brief description of the Thylacine, or Tasmanian Tiger.
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Unique Australian Animals

Unique Australian Animals: Wombat

For Students 9th - 10th
Visit this webpage to learn more about the wombat.