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Quiz
- Which two native Australian animals are on the coat of arms of Australia?
- What is the alternative name for the spiny anteater?
- What do koala bears eat?
- Which large member of the kingfisher family is also known as the laughing jackass?
- What's noticably unusual about a wombat's faeces?
- The longest fence in the world was completed during the 1950s to keep what animal out of grazing lands?
- The Sydney species of which spider is the deadliest spider in Australia?
- Which large flightless black bird is the third largest living bird after the ostrich and emu?
- Which household product is often made available on Australian beaches because of venomous jellyfish?
- Which Australian carnivorous marsupial has come to worldwide attention through a Looney Tunes character?
- Which European animal brought over to Australia in the 1800s have caused great environmental damage?
- Melopsittacus undulatus is a common parakeet naturally distributed through Australia. By what name is it better known?
- True or false. Emus are only widespread in Australia?
- The inland taipan is what type of animal?
- Which egg-laying mammal features on the reverse of the Australian twenty-cent coin?
- Australian farmers can apply for permits to kill protected flying foxes when they are causing crop damage. What are flying foxes?
- True or false? There are no alligators in Australia, only crocodiles.
- What bird, also known as the pink and grey cockatoo, is also derogatory Australian slang?
- Considered to be the largest living reptile, which species of crocodile inhabits Australia's north coast?
- The sugar glider is a small, nocturnal gliding what? This word can also be a term of endearment.
- The word macropod actually means 'big foot'. If kangaroos are the biggest macropods, what are the smallest?
Answers
- Emu and kangaroo
- Echidna
- Eucalyptus leave
- Kookaburra
- They're cube shaped
- Dingoes
- Funnel web spider
- The southern cassowary
- Vinegar
- Tasmanian Devil
- Rabbits
- Budgerigar, or budgie
- True.
- A snake
- Platypus
- Fruit bats, or bats
- True. There are no alligators in Australia.
- Galah
- The saltwater crocodile
- Possum
- Wallabies