KOALA KOALAS are marsupials, which means their young are born immature and they develop further in the safety of a pouch.
WHAT is the greatest threat to koalas?
______________________________________________________________________________________ WHAT law does the Australian Koala Foundation want created to protect koalas?
_______________________________________________________________________________________________ Save the koala: www.savethekoala.com/about-koalas/interesting-facts 
PLATYPUS ALSO known as the duck-billed platypus, this unique Australian animal belongs to a separate order of mammals called monotremes and has a semiaquatic lifestyle.
WHY is a platypus called a monotreme?
____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ WHAT does semiaquatic mean?
____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7ptN_5BWCc
WALLABY BABY wallabies like to crawl into their mothers' pouches when they are born so they can develop. Even when they leave the pouch, they will jump back in if danger approaches.
ARE wallabies marsupials?
____________________________________________________________ WHAT are baby wallabies called?
___________________________________________________________ Australia Zoo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R3gNxybOvA
WOMBAT THIS marsupial mammal is a close relative to the koala and is able to dig extensive burrow systems.
HOW does the wombat nurse its young?
____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ IS the wombat diurnal or nocturnal?
____________________________________________________________ Jumping wombat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xC1z8yCvNw8
KANGAROO THIS animal is one of the largest surviving marsupials in the world. It has the ability to hop on its hind legs and uses its large muscular tail as an extra leg to balance.
WRITE one sentence about the emblem.
____________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________ ___________________ PRINT the Commonwealth emblem and glue below.
Commonwealth emblem: http://www.
itsanhonour.gov.au/ coat-arms/#Images
LAUGHING KOOKABURRA ACCORDING to an Aboriginal legend, the kookaburra's famous chorus of laughter every morning is a signal for the sky people to light the great fire that illuminates and warms the Earth by day.
WHAT do kookaburras like to feed on? ____________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ WHERE do they like to live? ____________________________________________________ laughing-kookaburra https://www.australiazoo.com.au/our-animals/birds/kingfishers/laughing-kookaburra
DINGO DINGOES rarely bark and it is thought they were introduced to Australia about 4000 years ago. But recent DNA studies have shown they have lived here longer than that.
WHY do dingoes howl at night?
_________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ WHERE do they like to live?
____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Dingoes howling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvIdJoiei4k
FRILLED-NECK LIZARD THE vivid yellow mouth and the wide, brightlycoloured frill can scare off predators. If in danger, it can run fast on two legs.
HOW long is the frilled-neck lizard?
______________________________ CAN it climb trees to escape predators?
______________________________ Watch it running!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekqnUsWTy1M
TASMANIAN DEVIL WILD Tasmanian devils can only be found in the wild in Tasmania. Hundreds of years ago, Tasmanian devils also lived on the Australian mainland. They became extinct on the mainland about 400 years ago.
IS the Tasmanian devil a marsupial? _________________________________________________ HOW does the pouch help the baby animal?
______________________________________________________________________________________ Campaign: Save the Tasmanian devil: http://www.tassiedevil.com.au/tasdevil.nsf
SHORT-BEAKED ECHIDNA THE short-beaked echidna is found throughout Australia, including Tasmania. It is an egg-laying mammal or monotreme and lays one egg at a time.
IN what type of habitat would an echidna be found?
________________________________________________________________________________________________ HOW do echidnas find their prey?
________________________________________________________________________________________________ Short-beaked echidna: http://australianmuseum.net.au/short-beaked-echidna
TIP: DIVIDE students into groups of two to research an animal and to answer the questions.
GROUP together to read out the research.
COMPETITION COLOUR in the picture of the frilled-neck lizard for a chance to win one of five books.
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