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Unique Australian Animals

Unique Australian Animals: Australian Magpie

For Students 9th - 10th
Here's a webpage from Unique Australian Animals offering a nice description of the Australian Magpie. This easy to read overview also includes several images of various magpies.
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Unique Australian Animals: Little Blue Penguin

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use this site to get the facts on this adorable little penguin. Click here to read about the Little Blue Penguin, also called the Fairy Penguin.
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Unique Australian Animals: Sugar Glider

For Students 9th - 10th
Sugar Glider, scientifically called Petaurus breviceps, is a small arboreal gliding possum, and a type of marsupial mammal.
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Unique Australian Animals

Unique Australian Animals

For Students 9th - 10th
From the bandicoot to the yabby, this resource provides an index to profiles of dozens of unique Australian animals. Each profile provides a picture along with information on the animal's behavior, habitat, diet and more.
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Unique Australian Animals: Bogong Moths

For Students 9th - 10th
This personal page from the Unique Australian Animals offers a nice description of the Bogong Moth along with some very detailed images.
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Unique Australian Animals: Brolga

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site view images of this beautiful crane and read this brief description to learn more about the Brolga.
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Unique Australian Animals: Cassowary

For Students 9th - 10th
Visit this personal webpage to learn more about this interesting Australian bird, the cassowary.
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Unique Australian Animals: Sulphur Crested Cockatoo

For Students 9th - 10th
The Australian sulphur-crested cockatoo is described and illustrated.
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Unique Australian Animals:salt Water/estuarine Crocodile

For Students 9th - 10th
Here you can learn all about salt water crocodiles. What makes them different than fresh water crocodiles? Where are they found? What kind of habitat do they live in?
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Unique Australian Animals: Giant Australian Cuttlefish

For Students 9th - 10th
The Unique Australian Animals site devotes a page with pictures and facts about the about the Giant Australian Cuttlefish.
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Unique Australian Animals: Tasmanian Devil

For Students 9th - 10th
The Tasmanian devil is a real Australian marsupial mammal and nothing like the cartoon character as you will find out in this illustrated article.
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Unique Australian Animals: Bottlenosed Dolphin

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a personal site from Unique Australian Animals that provides a simple description of a bottlenose dolphin.
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Unique Australian Animals: Sea Dragons

For Students 9th - 10th
Although they look similar, sea dragons are not sea horses. Click here to find out how the sea dragon differs from the sea horse.
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Unique Australian Animals: Dugong

For Students 9th - 10th
Unique Australian Animals introduces you to the dugong or sea cow, an mammal that is similar to the manatees found in Florida.
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Unique Australian Animals: Australian Fur Seal

For Students 3rd - 8th
This personal webpage from Unique Australian Animals offers a nice little description of the Australian Fur Seal. There are also several images of these seals included with the description.
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Unique Australian Animals: Goanna

For Students 9th - 10th
This webpage from Unique Australian Animals offers a small description of the Goanna (Sand Monitor).
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Unique Australian Animals: Koala

For Students 9th - 10th
Gather the facts about the adorable Australian marsupial, the Koala. This webpage provides a simple descriptive overview of the koala. It also discusses where they are found, their habitat, reproduction, activity, feeding and much more.
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Unique Australian Animals: Leadbeater's Possum

For Students 9th - 10th
Unique Australian Animals profiles the marsupial mammal Leadbeater's possum with photos and text.
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Unique Australian Animals: Mallee Fowl

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate the facts on this megapod, the Mallee Fowl. At this site from Unique Australian Animals, you'll find a nice overview on the Mallee Fowl along with several Mallee images.
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Unique Australian Animals: Australian Numbat

For Students 9th - 10th
Here's a webpage from Unique Australian Animals that offers a simple overview on the characteristics and lifestyles of the Australian Numbat, also known as the Banded Anteater.
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Unique Australian Animals: Oystercatcher

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from the Unique Australian Animals you can click here for a simple, brief overview of the characteristics and lifestyles of the Oystercatcher.
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Unique Australian Animals: Tasmanian Pademelon

For Students 9th - 10th
The Tasmanian Pademelon, one of Australia's marsupial mammals, is described and illustrated.
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Unique Australian Animals: Red Tailed Phascogale

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the Australian red-tailed phascogale, also called the brush-tailed marsupial mouse, in this illustrated article.
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Unique Australian Animals: Platypus

For Students 9th - 10th
The duck-billed platypus of eastern Australia is one of two mammals that bear their young in eggs. This illustrated article features many facts and photographs about this intriguing animal.