Australian Geography and Nature

Wildlife and Nature

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  1. Which two native animals stand on either side of the shield on the Australian coat of arms?
  2. What is the main food of the koala?
  3. Which two Australian mammals are monotremes, meaning that they lay eggs?
  4. Where does the Tasmanian devil live in the wild today?
  5. What happened to the last known thylacine in 1936?
  6. What is unusual about the droppings of the wombat?
  7. Which large flightless bird lives in the tropical rainforest of far north Queensland?
  8. Which bird is the largest native to Australia and the second tallest bird in the world?
  9. Which reptile found in northern Australia is the largest living reptile in the world?
  10. Which bird of the Australian forests is known for a call that sounds like human laughter?
  11. Which plant is Australia's national floral emblem?
  12. Which flower is the floral emblem of New South Wales?
  13. What is the name for a baby kangaroo?
  14. Which marine animal found in northern waters is one of the most venomous in the world?
  15. What is the dingo?
  16. Why were cane toads released in Queensland in 1935?
  17. Who released rabbits on his property in Victoria in 1859, starting their spread across Australia?
  18. Which disease was deliberately released in 1950 to reduce rabbit numbers?
  19. What causes coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef?
  20. Which small marsupial of Western Australia feeds only on termites and is the state's faunal emblem?
  21. The Wollemi pine, known from fossils and found alive in 1994, grows in which state?
  22. Which bird, found in the forests of south-eastern Australia, is famous for imitating sounds?
  23. What name is given to the 2019 to 2020 bushfire season in south-eastern Australia?

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