1 / 15

Animal life in Australia

Animal life in Australia. Climate. Australia have a very different climate from the rest of the world . They have deserts and forrests , that’s the reason why they have a really special animal life . Those animals can’t be found anywhere else int the world . Kangaroos.

gerda
Download Presentation

Animal life in Australia

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Animal life in Australia

  2. Climate • Australia have a very different climatefrom the rest of the world. Theyhavedeserts and forrests, that’s the reasonwhytheyhave a really special animal life. • Those animals can’t be foundanywhereelseint the world.

  3. Kangaroos • Sorts. Grey, Red, Wallaby • Pointyears, squaredmuzzle, strong tail. • Male- Red, Brown. Female-Grey, Blue • Muscular hind limbs, 9 meters

  4. Kangaroo fact • Most parts Australia • Deserts/middle • Marsupial • Pouch , stomach • Joey leavesafter 235 days

  5. Koalas • 1 sort in au • recognizablestout,tailless,fluffyears,largenose • eatseucalyptus • dontneedwater from fall-spring • sleep20 h eats 4 h, sleepbranch • not bears • 10-12 wild, 20 captivity • 1900 veryendanged not anymore

  6. Platypuses • Mammal, lays eggs • Sewer animal • 2-4 eggs june - october • Incubates 2 weeks • Utter body , Beaver tail, Ducksbeak • Coatthreelayers, warmth, protection, isolation. • Male, hollowedspurs, venomous • 30-50 cm body, 15-20 cm tail 2.4 kg • 12 years

  7. Platypusfact • Under water 10 minutes • Active nights • Burrowsprotection • Worms, insects. • Bills electricstreams • Endangered

  8. Spiders Red Backspider • Common in Australia • Everywhere, big citys • Realatedto Black Widow • Look similarexept the red back • Eatsinsects and sometimeslizards

  9. Spiders The Funnel-Web Spider • Comfortable – moist, cool habitats • South Eastenpart • Large, 4.5 cm only the body • Aggresive, black, powerfulfangs • Males wander in to houses, searching for ladies • Most bites (summer – fall) 30 to 40 bites.

  10. Scorpions • recognize long sting-bearing tail and body hard outer skeleton • all over au, • deserts,gardens • 8 eyes, not good view • adapted dark & sunlight not like sun • active at night • dangerous but not that in au • Not more than a wrap

  11. Scorpinonsfact • up to 12 cm but norm. 4-7 cm • eats small insects & spiders, toxic eats mouses. • live 5-7 y but 15! y • have 1-100 babies at the same time, carry on their back. • live 1 mounth without food/water • helpful in desert

  12. Snakes • Many different • Deatailsabout 2 • Tiger snake • Inland Taipan • CostalTaipan • Mulgasnake • Copperhead • Small-eyedsnake • Red bellyed black snake

  13. Snakes Death Adder • Desert, Middle, east, south • Shades - brown, grey • Tail – bright, lure, preys, victoms • Shortest, 1 meter, biggestfangs, fastest • Hesitate, attack, victim • Eatbirds, small prays, paralysed – die

  14. Snakes Brown Snake • East, brown pattern. • Bad temper, aggresive, most responsible • Many deaths a year • Venom, most toxic, 2 in the world • Disturbed, turns into S, bite • Blood stops clotting, bleed to death

  15. Horses • In Australia manypeoplediebecausewhentheyareridingtheydon’twearhelmets and theyarecrushingtheirhead • If it is about horses whodiesit’sbecausetheyaregettingdriedupunder the dry periods. Theyalsodiebecausewild horses arespreadingdiseases that kill over 100 horses a year

More Related