Australian animals

I’m one of the two mammals that can lay eggs, I have two names,

live near water in a long burrow, an excellent swimmer, have a bill and

webbed feet like a duck

Platypus duckbill

I can hop up to 9 meters and travel up 50 km per hour, I have a pouch in front with a joey who stays there for 8 months, my new born baby is only

3 cm long, I can be high as a man and small as a rabbit

kangaroo

My body is covered with hair and sharp spines which I use for

protection, I use a sticky tongue (35cm long) to pick up ants, I sleep

during winter, can live up to 50 years, I’m a relative to platypus

Echidna

I live in forests and eat grass and plants, I’m the largest burrowing

animal in the world, can grow up to 1m, I’m furry and carry my baby in a

pouch

Wombat

My name means “drinks no water”, I’m a good swimmer and can run

quickly, I live in trees and spend my day eating, climbing and sleeping, I

can eat 1kg of eucalyptus leaves per day and never drink water

Koala

I have large paws and short hair, I can be seen all over Australia, I eat

small mammals, insects, lizards, reptiles, I do not bark like dogs but

howl

dingo

You can see small wings but I can’t fly though I’m the largest bird in

Australia, I can run up to 50 km/hour, I get angry easily

emu

I’m called so because of the sounds I produce and my aggressive behaviour, I’m in danger of

extinction because of cancer

Tasmanian devil

I make loud, long calls that sound like laughter, I live mainly in

Tasmania, my babies are born naked and blind

Kookaburra

There are 50.000 of my relatives in Australia now, you can get to know us in parks and on farms, but look out as we can hop up to 4m high,

and we like yummy tourists

crocodile

1. The smallest/largest kind of kangaroo2. The bird that can’t fly3. The bird that can laugh4. A cute teddy-bear that eats eucalyptus5. The animal that howls6. The only 2 mammals that lay eggs7. The largest burrowing animal8. Name all the marsupials you know9. Animal that has long sticky tongue10. animal that has bill and feet like a duck

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