Wild animals in Australia
About Australian animals
In Australia there live lots of animals, you won‘t find in other countries, because Australia has been an island for Million of years. There also live lots of dangerous animals for example over 100 different poisonous snakes.
The kangaroo
People always think about kangaroos, when they hear the word “Australia”. Kangaroos are marsupials. That means, that the babys are undeveloped when they get born. They complete their development inside their mother’s pouch. A pouch is a sort of pocket in the skin.When a baby kangaroo is born, it weighs only 2 grams. It has to climb up its mother’s belly and into her pouch. The mother can’t touch it because it is so tiny. The baby then grows in the mother’s pouch and stays there for about nine months to grow up there. Kangaroos can get really big. The red kangaroo, for example, can weigh up to 90 kg. Kangaroos can also jump up to 3 m high and 9 m long and the move very fast, about 70 km per hour! In Australia you can try a kangaroo fillet, steak or sausage, it tastes a bit like beef. You can order this meat in many Australian restaurants or buy it in supermarkets.
The koalas
The koalas are sometimes called “koala bears”, but they are not really bears. They also belong to the family of animals called marsupials like the kangaroos. Koalas only eat eucalyptus leaves and a little bit of fruit. You can’t find koalas in European zoos. Eucalyptus leaves contain 50% water – so the koalas can't get much energy by their food. That's why they sleep about 19 hours a day to save their energy. Koalas have to climp trees that's why they have sharp claws. Koalas have fingerprints - like human beings. For the Aboriginals the word koala means “no drink”, because Koalas get most of the water they need from the eucalypt leaves that they eat. They hardly climb down to the ground to drink something.
The wombat
The wombat is another marsupial family member. Their pouches for their babys are on the back. Although Wombats weigh up to 40 kilograms they make tunnels or holes in the ground. They are the bggest animals who do that. Their tunnel systems is sometimes up to 30 metres long. The daytimethe wombats stay underground and save their water and their energy. When you see a picture of a wombat, you would think that wombats are slowly and clumsy, but they can run quick up to 40 km/h over short distances. Wombats are quick learners and the habe the best-developed brain of all marsupials.
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The kookaburra
The kookaburra ist a very famous animal in Australia. Sometimes it is also called “kookys” and “laughing Jack”. It is called like this, because the sounds it makes are nearly like the sounds people do when they laugh. When the the first settlers came to Australia they didn’t like these birds because the settlers thought the bird were laughing at them. A pair of Kookaburra stays together for up to 20 years.
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Julian Wehsner
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Wild animals in Australia
About Australian animals
In Australia there live lots of animals, you won‘t find in other countries, because Australia has been an island for Million of years. There also live lots of dangerous animals for example over 100 different poisonous snakes.
The kangaroo
People always think about kangaroos, when they hear the word “Australia”. Kangaroos are marsupials. That means, that the babys are undeveloped when they get born. They complete their development inside their mother’s pouch. A pouch is a sort of pocket in the skin.When a baby kangaroo is born, it weighs only 2 grams. It has to climb up its mother’s belly and into her pouch. The mother can’t touch it because it is so tiny. The baby then grows in the mother’s pouch and stays there for about nine months to grow up there. Kangaroos can get really big. The red kangaroo, for example, can weigh up to 90 kg. Kangaroos can also jump up to 3 m high and 9 m long and the move very fast, about 70 km per hour! In Australia you can try a kangaroo fillet, steak or sausage, it tastes a bit like beef. You can order this meat in many Australian restaurants or buy it in supermarkets.
The koalas
The koalas are sometimes called “koala bears”, but they are not really bears. They also belong to the family of animals called marsupials like the kangaroos. Koalas only eat eucalyptus leaves and a little bit of fruit. You can’t find koalas in European zoos. Eucalyptus leaves contain 50% water – so the koalas can't get much energy by their food. That's why they sleep about 19 hours a day to save their energy. Koalas have to climp trees that's why they have sharp claws. Koalas have fingerprints - like human beings. For the Aboriginals the word koala means “no drink”, because Koalas get most of the water they need from the eucalypt leaves that they eat. They hardly climb down to the ground to drink something.
The wombat
The wombat is another marsupial family member. Their pouches for their babys are on the back. Although Wombats weigh up to 40 kilograms they make tunnels or holes in the ground. They are the bggest animals who do that. Their tunnel systems is sometimes up to 30 metres long. The daytimethe wombats stay underground and save their water and their energy. When you see a picture of a wombat, you would think that wombats are slowly and clumsy, but they can run quick up to 40 km/h over short distances. Wombats are quick learners and the habe the best-developed brain of all marsupials.
Watch me.
The kookaburra
The kookaburra ist a very famous animal in Australia. Sometimes it is also called “kookys” and “laughing Jack”. It is called like this, because the sounds it makes are nearly like the sounds people do when they laugh. When the the first settlers came to Australia they didn’t like these birds because the settlers thought the bird were laughing at them. A pair of Kookaburra stays together for up to 20 years.
Listen to me
Prasentation for English, Monday, 3rd May 2021
The End
Julian Wehsner