Archive for November, 2008

Turkey Attacks Crocodile

Sunday, November 9th, 2008

This is one of our videos that has been up on YouTube for a while. It was shot at David Fleay Wildlife Park on Queensland’s Gold Coast.  The crocodile was minding its own business late in the afternoon, when the turkey decided it was time to send it packing. David Fleay Wildlife Park is home to many Australian native animals displayed in bushland surroundings similar to their natural habitat.

Australian Tree Kangaroos

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

There are about twelve species of Tree Kangaroos , but only two species are found in Australia - Lumholtz’s tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus lumholtzi) and Bennett’s tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus bennettianus). Most of the other species are from New Guinea and nearby islands. The Australian species are fairly easy to distinguish - Lumholtz’s tree-kangaroo has pale coloured band across the forehead and down each side of the face.

New Australian Bird Pages on OzAnimals.com

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

The Bird section of the OzAnimals site is being updated with over a hundred new species added. The picture below shows a small selection of the bird species added, and a complete list of all the bird images on the site is included in the table at the end of the post.

some of the new birds added to OzAnimals.com

Apostlebird (Struthidea cinerea)
Australasian Grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae)
Australian Brush-turkey (Alectura lathami)
Australian Bustard (Ardeotis australis)