The document summarizes information about several different animals. It provides descriptions, habitats, diets, behaviors, and other details about dingos, quokkas, emus, echidnas, sulphur crested cockatoos, and fairy penguins that live in Australia.
Description The dingois a wild dog. Is a medium sized dog,has a bushy tail and a red and yellow coat. They don’t bark they howl.
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Habitat They arefound in Australia, in all states but Tasmania. They are found throuhout the mainland of Australia.
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Food Dingos aremeat eaters. Dingos have been known to eat reptiles.They also eat kangaroos. Dingos gather together in a group to feed on larger animals.
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Movement They runfast so they can hunt for food at day and they sleep a lot in the miday.
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Breeding Habits Afemale dingo gives birth up to eight puppies. They give birth once a year. When they are four months they begin to hunt for small rabbits.
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Other Information They howl at night or howl when they lose their babies. The female dingo kills any born pups if they belong to other females.
Description it lookslike a type a of wallaby with thick grey fur and a small. It is a marsupial.
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Habitat theirhabitat is in the Rottnest island off the coast of western Australia near Perth. They live in the forest in Perth and lives in a warm climate.
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Food Quokkasfeed on leaves, grass, shrubs, nuts, insects and small tress.
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Movement theymove by their small skinny little legs.
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Breeding habits theybreed once a year and mate till January to march. The quokkas babies are called a Joey. The Joey lives in its mothers pouch for 30 weeks.
They stand tobe 1.5 to 2 meters tall and there average weight is 36 kilograms and they have 3 toes and long legs which allows them to run extremely fast. The emu is a large ,feathered flightless bird
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Emus are verydocile and curious and are easily tamed in captivity.
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They eat insects,caterpillars, grubs and other invertebrates; seeds, nuts, flowers, fruits, young leaves and other plant parts; lizards, other small animals and even animal droppings. They do not eat dry grasses or older leaves,
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The Emu isa large bird it can’t fly like any other bird. The small wings help the bird to cool itself in hot weather-They hold the wings out so that the air can circulate around the body.
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The females Emuslay about the average of 8-10 dark green eggs. Each egg weigh about 600
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The Emu isthe worlds third largest bird. The Ostrich and the Cassowary take the top positions
Animal My animalis a Sulphur Crested Cockatoo. They are small birds. When they spread their wings, under their wings it is yellow.
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Description They haveyellow and white feathers. They are a type of parrot. They are non dangered which means there is allot of them left on the planet. They are from the bird family and they are little cute birds.
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Habitat and DistributionSulphur Crested Cockatoos are found all through eastern Australia states of Australia and along the northern coast, Tasmania and parts of south Australia and western Australia. The Sulphur Crested Cockatoo is one of the best known birds.
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Diet They eatand like seeds of plants,grains,berries,buds,insects and weeds.
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Appearance The SulphurCrested Cockatoo is white and has a bright yellow crest that curves forward when it is opened. When it is closed it forms a yellow plume at the back of the birds head.
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Life Cycle SulphurCrested Cockatoos breed between August-January in south and May-September in the north. They nest in a hollow high up in a tree near water. The female lays two,occasionaly three eggs . The chicks stay in the nest for six,6 weeks.
Animal The fairypenguin lives in a burrow. These penguins don’t live in the snow and ice live most other penguins do.
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Description They havelittle heads and big bodies. They have two little holes for their ears, one nose and a mouth. They have webbed feet and they have dark blue feathers on their back and white feathers on their front. The shape of their body helps them to dive and swim easily.
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Habitat They digburrows as nests. Fairy penguins come ashore after dark when most predators are not around. Then they move inland in small groups to their nesting groups. Most penguins go back to sea one or two hours before sunrise
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Food The fairypenguins eat s fish, squid, krill and small crustaceans.
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Movement Remain quiteand keep movement to a minimum. Penguins have excellent vision and easily spot movement especially if they see you outlined against the sky.
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Breeding Habits Twoeggs are usually laid with both parents taking shifts of 1 to 3 days to mind them. The chicks are guarded by one parent while the other is out collecting food for up to 30 days.
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Other Information Theyheight is about 16 inches tall which is 41 cm tall. The adults usually breed between July and March when the female lays