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.
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?
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.
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).
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.
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?
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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Wow, those are just as showy at your national flower.
They look like they’re springing out of my black cherry cobbler!
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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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.
Taken in the shallows of Ningaloo Reef — the second largest soft coral (like fan corals) reef in the world.
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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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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?
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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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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Another Ningaloo Reef denizen.
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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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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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so THAT’S a Tasmanian Devil. Looks different than the cartoon character.
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?
Another western Ausralia critter, and surprizingly soft to the touch.
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Look at that face! Did Jim Henson design these critters?
you have a point there….;o)
What beautiful skin!
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?