Apart from kangaroos, what other strange creatures are there in Australia?

Kangaroos, a native of Australia, will be wondering why they grow so muscular under their cute faces! What's even stranger is that they have pouches. In fact, marsupial organisms are not uncommon in Australia.

In most parts of the world, mammals have evolved into viviparity in order to reproduce, but Australia's special geographical environment allows Australian marsupials to fully reproduce. I have to say that evolution is magical.

The cute and cute quokka that loves to smile is all the rage on the Internet, and it is also a small creature in Australia, and it is convenient to have a nursery bag.

Australia's oceans, forests and deserts make Australia very rich in species, and many creatures in the movie "Fantastic Beasts in **" can be found in Australia. For example, wombats that look cute but are called bears.

In addition to mammals, other Australian birds are also very different, such as the camel, which is known as the world's most dangerous killer, attacking people and killing other creatures if they are not careful.

Australia has at least 378 species of mammals, 828 species of birds, etc., which shows that Australia can be described as the zoo of the earth.

There is also the emu, a very large bird, which I saw at the Adelaide Wildlife Park, fed it kangaroo food and touched its head.

My favorite is of course Koala

Koalas are really very cute, and they sleep almost every day, just hugging a tree. Then you need to make an appointment to see the koala, and you can only enter 4 people at a time, and you can't touch it or disturb it. The staff at Taronga Zoo in Australia are very attentive to the health of koalas, so they are particularly strict.

When you get up close and personal with koalas, I'm actually quite scared. It's not as quiet as **, it's not aggressive. Its claws are very sharp and can be easily scratched. So when you want to tease it, I advise you not to do it.

Koalas at Taronga Zoo are not allowed, but in other cities in Australia, if you meet koalas, you can, and there is a project dedicated to taking photos with koalas. But I forgot which city it was, so if you're interested, you can go down by yourself

<>In addition to koalas, I'm telling you about Taronga Zoo in Australia. You'll need to catch a ferry from Circular Quay Pier 2 in Sydney to Taronga Zoo.

What should you see when you come to this zoo, and what strange animals live here?

First of all, it is mostly inhabited by animals that are endemic to Australia. In other words, you won't see them in zoos in other countries. Indeed, Taronga Zoo did not disappoint me, the animals here are really different from the animals in other zoos I have been to in the past.

Hahaha, I don't sell the official anymore, just put the picture out.

How's <>? Did you disappoint any of these strange animals in Australia? Australia is truly a magical and wonderful land and I would really recommend you to come to this southern hemisphere and see it. You won't be disappointed. Above.

Wombats weigh between thirteen and twenty-six kilograms and are called warriors because of the large holes they have made. They can also pass cube-like poop.

Due to the movement of the earth's crust, the Australian land plate separated from the ancient continent known as the "pan-continent" relatively early, and the vast ocean became a natural barrier between it and other continents, preventing the exchange of genes between primitive animals and other animals, so many strange animals appeared.

We call some pups in Australia and some parts of South America who develop in their mother's pouch as marsupials, koalas, opossums, etc., while other animals whose embryos develop in the maternal placenta are called placental animals.

In Europe, Asia, North America and Africa, placental animals quickly replaced marsupials with relatively high birth mortality rates in the competition for survival because their pups were fully developed in the mother's womb and the mortality rate after birth was greatly reduced.

Due to the movement of the earth's crust, the Australian continental plate separated from the ancient continent known as the "pan-continent" relatively early, and the vast ocean became a natural barrier between it and other continents, preventing the genetic exchange between the primitive marsupials and the evolved placenta, so that the marsupials in the region were fully developed. Australia's diverse forests, grasslands and desert environments also provide a relatively rich habitat for all kinds of animals, forming adaptation-evolution groups similar to placental animals on other continents, and many strange species unique to Australia such as various kangaroos corresponding to herbivores and Tasmanian Tasmanian devils corresponding to carnivores. This is a product of geographical isolation.

A similar "island effect" caused by the isolation of the ocean also occurred on the island of Madagascar on the east coast of Africa, where many endemic animals such as lemurs and ring-tailed meerkats evolved in that magical place, becoming one of the world's treasure troves of animals.

Quokkas.

Quokka (scientific name: setonix brachyurus). It is one of the smallest kangaroos with a body height of less than 60 centimeters.

The quokka is a marsupial mammal that looks like a mouse. They mostly live on Lotnest Island off the southwest coast of Australia. Known as "the happiest animal in the world" for its chubby face and "sweet" smile.

Only one, no subspecies differentiation.

It has been included in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

Listed on the Red List of Threatened Species, quokkas are forbidden to be bought and sold, but they are not afraid of humans and enjoy their close encounters.

It is mainly divided into the following categories:

1. Red kangaroo.

The most famous kangaroo is the red kangaroo, which is the largest and lives in the dry regions of Australia, where the average annual rainfall is less than 500 mm. Because the kangaroo's diet contains a lot of water, it can survive in areas where there is no living water. Red kangaroos are actually only male kangaroos are red, and female kangaroos are grayish-blue, but under group breeding crossbreeding, red female kangaroos also appear.

2. Big red kangaroo.

The great red kangaroo, which lives in the open grasslands of southeastern Australia, is the largest marsupial and a representative species of kangaroos, which can be called the king of modern marsupials.

The shape of the large red kangaroo resembles that of a rat, like an extra-large giant rat. Actually, it is not related to rats. It has russet body hair, a body length of 130 150 cm, a tail length of 120 130 cm, and a weight of 70 90 kg.

The head is small, the face is long, and there are black whiskers on the sides of the nostrils. Big eyes. Ear length.

The appearance is peculiar and endearing. They have small heads, large ears, and large eyes. Adapted to the jumping lifestyle, the forelimbs are short and thin, can be used to pick up food, the hind limbs are strong, the toes are merging, one step can jump 5 meters away, and the speed can reach 40 to 65 kilometers per hour.

The tail is long, and it is a support organ for perching and a balancer for jumping.

The giant red kangaroo is mostly active in the morning and dusk, and hides in grass nests or shallow holes during the day. Likes to integrate 20 30 or 50 60 group activities, mainly grasses and other plant foods. It is timid and alert, with a keen sense of sight, hearing, and smell.

At the slightest sound, its long, big ears could hear it, and it slipped away.

3. Eastern gray kangaroo.

The eastern grey kangaroo (macropus giganteus) is not as well-known as the red kangaroo, but the eastern grey kangaroo is the most common. Lives in more fertile areas.

4. Western gray kangaroo.

The western grey kangaroo (macropus fuliginosus) is the smallest of the three species of kangaroos: the adult male weighs 54 kg (119 lb). Lives on the southwest coast of Australia and in the Darling River Basin.

5. Musk kangaroo.

With a body length of only 15 to 20 centimeters and a tail length of centimeters, they are the smallest kangaroos in the world, and they are typical of the dwarf species compared to the common kangaroos that jump on the grasslands. They have lived in tropical rainforests for more than 20 million years, and scientists are concerned about their survival, believing that they are vulnerable to environmental changes.

【Kangaroo】 It lives in the grasslands with abundant aquatic grasses, and there are species in Australia, they vary in size, the small ones are only centimeters long, the large ones can reach meters, and they weigh many kilograms. The kangaroo is one of them and is painted on the coat of arms of Australia. Female kangaroos have a nursery pouch on their abdomen, and their pups are premature babies who are not fully developed.

For example, the young of the big red kangaroo weighs only three-quarters of the gram, and the maximum does not exceed one gram, which is only one-thirty-thousandth of the weight of the mother. The newborn pup is weak and weak, like a wriggling worm, without ears and eyes, relying on the sensation of the body, instinctively crawling into the bag along a path licked by the mother mouse with her tongue in the abdomen to the pouch, and the wallaby must live in the pouch for about a month before it can live independently. Kangaroos are strong, strong in jumping, and can run kilometers per hour.

The jump depends on the strength of the hind feet and tail, and can be several meters high in a single jump. Kangaroos can be found all over Australia. Driving a car on the highway at night, the kangaroo saw the lights of the car and thought it was an enemy attacking, so he jumped from the forest to the road, resisted and collided with the car.

Sometimes in the morning, when I see a car driving on the road with blood on its head, it is actually hitting a kangaroo and not a person.

<> blue is the existing distribution area of marsupials, which has a very wide distribution range. Maybe I don't know a lot of people on the world map from this perspective, Australia on the far left, and many islands such as New Guinea and Sulawesi on his right. On the far right is the Antarctic continent, and on the upper left side of him is the South American continent, followed by the North American continent.

It is a few marsupial species, in an independent activity area like Australia, suitable for their breeding, and the natural enemies in the area have no absolute pursuit of them, and they have not been eliminated by natural enemies.

This may be due to continental plate drift, people have found marsupial fossils in South America, which indicates that marsupials are also distributed on the continent, and later Australia broke away from the continent due to continental plate drift and became an ocean island, because there is no natural predator interference, so that marsupials can reproduce in Australia. And the continental marsupials have gradually disappeared into history due to their picky survival methods and low reproductive rates.

In Australia kangaroos are plentiful. Even if you are killed on the road, it will be fine, there will be a special corpse collection team**. Ordinary types of kangaroos should not be considered protected animals.

Due to its location on a "lonely continent" surrounded by the sea, the indigenous population originally inhabited here was very small, according to Australia's previous statistics, the total number of indigenous people in Australia was about 420,000, accounting for about 420,000. As a world-renowned "immigrant" country, its population is still mainly dependent on immigrants.

Although Australia is a penal colony for criminals, it has become one of the world's developed democracies, does this fully show that a good national system can change bad people and better build a country?

In addition to kangaroo meat products being widely found in supermarkets, "Beware of Kangaroos" warning signs can also be seen everywhere on Australia's highways and expressways, and kangaroos that have been hit by cars are seen every few kilometres being dragged to the side of the road. When I opened the road, I often saw sparkling eyes on both sides of the road, they were all kangaroos, and what I was most afraid of was that a kangaroo would suddenly run onto the road.

Because the kangaroo is an endemic animal that lives in the savannah, China is in a temperate zone and has no suitable environment for kangaroos, while Australia has a large area of savannah, which can meet the needs of kangaroos.

Because China does not have the conditions for kangaroos to grow, kangaroos prefer cool environments and desert areas, which are rare in China. Kangaroos are currently found only in Australia and parts of South America.

Because marsupials are relatively low, they can easily become extinct. But Australia is an isolated island with no other animals, so they are able to survive.

When traveling to Australia, you must want to see the koala and the kangaroo the most. Australia's national treasure is the koala (also known as koala). "Koala" is transliterated as "koala" in Chinese because they only drink water when they are sick and drought, and they only drink water from eucalyptus leaves, so the locals call it "koala", which means "no drink" in English.

Koalas live every day by eating eucalyptus leaves, and the eucalyptus leaves that koalas eat are poisonous, and eating only eucalyptus leaves is poisonous, so how do these koalas survive?Koalas sleep 20 hours a day and have very little time to move around, because they remove toxins from their bodies while sleeping. Their livers are very special, they can isolate the toxic substances in eucalyptus leaves, and the koala's sleeping time is used to digest the toxic substances in the body, so the koala gives everyone the impression that they are very lazy.

But koalas are super cute and cute, and despite being lazy, they are still loved by everyone.

Kangaroos are unique to Australia and are also very abundant, and kangaroos can be found everywhere. In the evening, kangaroos will rush to the road, seriously affecting people's lives, in order to prevent kangaroos from running onto the road to affect traffic, but also to avoid kangaroos being hit, fences are generally installed on the side of the road.

Kangaroos are vigorous in the eyes of Australians, and they are very friendly, just like in China, although the national treasure is the panda, but many things are printed on the dragon, the dragon is highly loved in China, the dragon symbolizes a spirit, the dragon also represents power, auspiciousness, etc., we often take the dragon's descendants as pride and pride, which is the same reason.

Kangaroos are also commonly used as an Australian national symbol, such as the green triangular kangaroo to represent Made in Australia. As one of the symbols of Australia, kangaroos have always been the pride of Australians. Australia has made the kangaroo one of the animals on its coat of arms because it will always jump forward and never go backwards.

This also means that the kangaroo in the national emblem is to hope that people will also be like kangaroos, with the spirit of never backing down. Kangaroos and koalas are both very cute animals, and the author likes koalas even more, and when I saw the cute appearance of koalas, they were instantly cute.