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fOtofair2006 keres - Critters of Australia

by keres
Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 05:36:54 PM EST

Critters of Australia

I think I've covered the majority of phylum.

fOtofair2006 keres - Critters of Australia | 20 comments (20 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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Anenomes

These caught my eye during a recent trip to Maria Island. They were right below the Painted cliffs (see the Dog Blog).

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by keres on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 05:41:00 PM EST

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Wow, those are just as showy at your national flower.

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by fabooj (fabooj [at} mail [dot} com) on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 08:02:21 PM EST
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They look like they're springing out of my black cherry cobbler!

by Kidspeak on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 10:30:56 PM EST
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Bennetts Wallaby

Natives of Tasmania and nightly visitors to our lawn. As the "joeys" get big enough to graze, they start doing so whenever mum is at the right angle.

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by keres on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 05:46:20 PM EST

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I've got to get to Australia and stop whining about flight lengths. The only wallabies I've ever seen are in the zoo and let me tell ya, even full grown, they have never been that big or healthy looking.

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by fabooj (fabooj [at} mail [dot} com) on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 08:03:27 PM EST
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Box Fish

Taken in the shallows of Ningaloo Reef -- the second largest soft coral (like fan corals) reef in the world.

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by keres on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 05:49:09 PM EST

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Short-beaked Echidna

The most common view of an Echidna, as they take this defensive posture whenever they sense danger. This one lives near our house.

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by keres on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 05:53:34 PM EST

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I still think this looks like a porcupine crossed with a tiny groundhog. But then, so does a hedgehog - this just has more serious-looking spines. And without the porcupine hooks - I assume?

by Kidspeak on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 10:35:23 PM EST
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Euro with joey

Euros are medium sized kangaroos from costal western Australia. This female was sunning herself at sunset, about half a kilometer inland form the Indian Ocean. I though the slight blur of the moving joey gave emphasis to her still repose.

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by keres on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 05:58:23 PM EST

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Forrester Kangaroo

This male was the sentinal of a group of about sixteen we saw on Maria Island. They are a subspecies of Grey Kangaroos, and the tallest of all marsupials (up to six feet tall).

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by keres on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 06:02:31 PM EST

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Goby

Another Ningaloo Reef denizen.

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by keres on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 06:04:52 PM EST

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Tasmanian Brown Butterfly

One of these days I'll buy the field guide to butterflies of Tasmania and figure out which of the "Browns" this one is.

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by keres on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 06:07:43 PM EST

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Tasmanian devil

This one lives in a wildlife park. In the wild they are nocturnal and very wary of humans. The "devil" tag comes from the ferocious sounds they make when divvying up carrion.

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by keres on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 06:12:30 PM EST

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so THAT'S a Tasmanian Devil. Looks different than the cartoon character.

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by maryb2004 on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 06:56:42 PM EST
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I was just reading to see if they were marsupials, and read that they are being hit hard by an illness in Tasmania. Are they in danger of being wiped out?

by Kidspeak on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 10:38:47 PM EST
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Thorny Devil

Another western Ausralia critter, and surprizingly soft to the touch.

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by keres on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 06:15:02 PM EST

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Look at that face! Did Jim Henson design these critters?

by Teach313 (teachSKIP313ATmacDOTcom) on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 07:14:33 PM EST
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you have a point there....;o)

by BrendaStewart (stormyweather1@hotmail.com) on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 07:22:33 PM EST
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What beautiful skin!

by Kidspeak on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 10:40:28 PM EST
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Keres, these are as wonderful as your birds. I love the joeys. I wonder if I'll ever see one in the wild. Where is Maria Island?

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by Puget4 (Puget4 at yahoo dot com) on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 11:32:12 PM EST

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