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Animal Facts ... in no particular order. |
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| Only the female red back spider bite is dangerous to humans. | ||
| The last Tasmanian tiger died in a Hobart zoo on 7th Sept 1936. | ||
| The female green sea turtle lays it eggs in the same place as it was born. | ||
| The female green sea turtle returns to the same place each year to lay eggs. | ||
| The correct terminology for a turtles shell is a carapace. | ||
| The Red Bellied Black Snake can give birth to up to 40 live snakes at one time. | ||
| Sugar Gliders can glide through the air for up to 100 metres. | ||
| The Tree Kangaroo can leap up to 15 metres to another tree. | ||
| Wombats can often sleep with their four feet sticking up in the air! | ||
| If rain lands on the Thorny Devils back, it runs down the creature finding its way to its mouth where it is consumed. | ||
| The Thorny Devil has the ability to change colour. | ||
| The Wedge-tailed Eagle is Australia's largest bird of prey. | ||
| The Wedge-tailed Eagle is the fauna emblem of Australia's Northern Territory. | ||
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