The OzAnimals Australian wildlife site presents photos and information covering a wide range of animals from Australia including mammals, birds, reptiles, frogs, fish and spiders.
There are fact sheets for each animal including description, environment, food, breeding, species distribution maps, conservation status etc.
The site is for anyone with an interest in Australian wildlife, nature in general or wildlife photography. Many of the well-known Australian animals are featured, along with creatures you are less likely to see.
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Eastern Water Dragon, a common reptile at Mt Coot-tha, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Australian Nature Blog
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Pilot Whale Stranding, Hamelin Bay, Western Australia
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March 24th, 2009 11:24 PM
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Another whale stranding made the news in Australia this week - the second large whale stranding this month. This time, eighty seven long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) and five dolphins were found stranded on the beach at Hamelin Bay, south of Perth in Western Australia early Monday 23 March. A few of the animals were [...]
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Whale Stranding on King Island near Tasmania
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March 3rd, 2009 08:10 AM
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On 2nd March, nearly 200 Pilot Whales and a few Bottlenose Dolphins stranded on King Island off the north-west coast of Tasmania. About 140 of the whales died.
54 pilot whales and the five dolphins were rescued from the beach and guided out to sea by island residents, volunteers and parks and wildlife staff. One of [...]
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Facts about Sharks in Queensland.
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January 19th, 2009 05:58 PM
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The figures below are from a report in Brisbane’s Sunday Mail (January 17, 2009) …
577 great white sharks caught off New South Wales beaches between 1950 and 2008
901 great white sharks caught off Queensland since 1962.
Over 45,000 sharks caught in Queensland nets since they were introduced, according to the Department of Primary Industries and [...]
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New Australian Fish Pages on OzAnimals.com
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December 27th, 2008 01:23 AM
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The Fish section of the OzAnimals site is being updated - there are now over 300 species. The picture below shows a small selection of the fish species on the site, and a complete list of all the fish species on the site is included in the table at the end of the post.
The descriptions [...]
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Turkey Attacks Crocodile
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November 8th, 2008 11:05 PM
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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 [...]
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