Animal Adventures Australia

Animal Adventures
Australia

Australia is the oldest, driest, and flattest inhabited continent on the planet and it has the least fertile soil. The outback, a sparse remote desert, makes up the majority of the land in Australia. The coastal areas of Australia have a wide variety of landscapes including forests, woodlands, wetlands, grasslands, and rainforests. The Great Barrier Reef, which is just off the north-east coast of Australia, is the world’s largest reef system and is home to more than 1,500 species of fish.

Greater Flamingo

Flamingos are known for their bright pink feathers but they’re actually born white. A flamingo’s coloring is determined by the pigments in the food it eats and they can be found in colors other than pink including red, orange, and white. Flamingos have 19 vertebrae...

Green Sea Turtle

Green sea turtles spend most of their time underwater and can spend up to 5 hours before coming up for air when they’re resting. They have long migrations from their feeding to nesting sites and have been recorded to travel over 1,615 miles (2,600km). When females...

Hairy Frogfish

Hairy frogfish get their names from the hair-like spines that cover their whole body. These spines, along with their ability to change color, help hairy frogfish blend in with their surroundings. Hairy frogfish don’t swim. Instead, they use their fins to walk...

Hammerhead Shark

Hammerhead sharks’ heads are very useful for hunting, especially for their favorite food, stingrays. The location of their eyes on the sides of their head allows them to scan their surroundings quickly and they can use their flat wide heads to pin their prey down...

Honeybee

There are three different types of honeybees. Most females are workers who forage for food and protect the hive, one queen is the single fertile female of a hive and spawns the next generation, and the male bees, which are called drones, stay in the hive...

Koala

Koalas have long arms and sharp claws to help them climb trees. They move very slowly and spend 18-22 hours sleeping every day. Scientists believe that this sedentary lifestyle is the reason that koalas have such remarkably small brains which make up only 0.2% of...

Kookaburra

Kookaburras are famous for their calls which sound like they’re laughing. Kookaburra families often call all together in order to claim their territory, mostly during dawn and dusk. They’re the largest member of the kingfisher family, which is why they have been...

Ladybug

Ladybugs have their vibrant color in order to appear poisonous and deter any predators from eating them. They primarily eat plant eating insects, and one ladybug can eat up to 5,000 insects in its lifetime. This makes them very helpful to farmers and gardeners who...

Leatherback Sea Turtle

Leatherback sea turtles are the largest turtles on the planet. They get their names because unlike other sea turtles whose shells are hard, the leatherback sea turtle’s shell feels leathery and rubbery. Leatherback sea turtles lay their eggs in the sand and as soon...

Loggerhead Sea Turtle

Loggerhead sea turtles get their names because of their oversized heads which some say resemble tree logs. Loggerhead’s have a much longer migration route between their breeding nests and feeding grounds. Female sea turtles travel over 7,457 miles (12,000km) to...