New Zealand had a unique forest floor ecosystem inhabited by frogs, wetas, reptiles, and many flightless bird species, as high percentages of its animals and plants are only found in New Zealand, including the kiwi bird, peka peka bat, Hector's dolphin, and kea parrot. Australia has an extremely high diversity of over half a million plant and animal species, many of which are unusual such as the coconut crab, mola mola, blobfish, fairy penguin, Tasmanian tiger, bilby, dingo, dugong, kangaroo, koala, platypus, wallaby, and wombats.

2. New Zealand
The New Zealand forest floor was inhabited not by small,
furry animals but by frogs, ground crickets (wetas), reptiles
and various bird species, many of them flightless.
High percentages of New Zealand’s animals and plants are
endemic – they are only found in New Zealand.

3. KIWI BIRD

4. PEKA PEKA BAT

5. Hector’s
dolphin

6. TUATARA

7. KEA PARROT

8. Australia has nearly half a million species of
plants and animals-one of the greatest varieties of
any country in the world.

9. Coconut crab

10. Mola mola

11. Blobfish

12. Fairy Penguin

13. Tasmanian Tiger

14. BILBY

15. DINGO

16. Dugong

17. KANGAROO

18. KOALA

19. PLATYPUS

20. WALLABY

21. WOMBATS

22. Now let’s just take a minute
to appreciate Australia’s
crazy fauna…