Wild animals of Outback Australia, Australia

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Outback Australia

Wild animals of Outback Australia

Outback Australia is a wonderland of wildlife, most of it harmless and quite lovable, with a few notable exceptions! Best known of course are kangaroos and wallabies, Australia's marsupials who keep their young in a pouch. There is a large flightless bird, the emu, that emits a weird rumbling sound and in the wetlands in the north pelicans, flocks of white cockatoos and the "Jesus Bird", so called because it seems to walk on water (but really, of course, on water lily pads).

The Koala, a tree dwelling marsupial (and not a bear!) lives in the temperate regions and spends all its life in eucalyptus trees, munching its leaves. It seems cuddly, but isn't really; if annoyed may give you a nasty scratch. The large kangaroo too, can be quite a fighter when cornered. And don't forget the teeming wildlife of our coasts, especially Queensland's Great Barrier Reef.

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