Archive for the ‘Australia’ Category

Magpies

Vendredi, décembre 14th, 2007

magpies

They eat worms, insects and spiders too.

They live in Australia, the white backs live in the orth and the black backs live in the South. They have got two wings, and a beak, feathers and claws because they are birds.

A platypus

Vendredi, décembre 14th, 2007

platypus

It has got a bill like a duck.

It lays eggs and the mother produces milk.

It is between 30 and 45 cm long.

The flat tail is 10 to 15 cm long.

It lives in Esatern Australia, on river banks, in burrows.

It eats aquatic insects larvae and worms. It can eat its own body wight in one night.

It often rests in its burrow during the day, and it eats at night.

Koalas by Clément C.

Lundi, décembre 3rd, 2007

koalas

They eat leaves (Eucalypt leaves).

They live in Eucalypt forests.

They sleep during the day.

They are grey and white.

Numbats by Damien R.

Dimanche, décembre 2nd, 2007

Numbats

Numbats are small (35-45cm). They have a pointed snout. Their legs are small. They have got 52 teeth, they have got brown and black hair. It has four legs and a tail and a long tongue for eating termites.

A numbat eats 10,000 termites each day.

They live in forests.

They eat and hunt and run.

Bilbies by Charles D.

Dimanche, décembre 2nd, 2007

Bilbies

There are 2 types of Bilbies.

They are rabbit – size marsupials. They are small (30/60cm). They have got 4 strong claws, a large black and white tail.

They run and walk.

They eat lots of small insects (termites, beetles…) and fungi.

These nocturnal creatures live in the desert, there are not many of these marsupials nowadays, they are found only in patches of Western Australia. They build burrows.

Quokkas by Valentine B.

Dimanche, décembre 2nd, 2007

Quokkas

Quokkas are small marsupials.

They have got a short tail. They look like wallabies or kangaroos. They are furry animals.

They eat grass and leaves. They drink water.

Quokkas live in Rottnest Island in a hot climate. They live in groups.

They are very active at night and they sleep during the day.

Thorny devils by Natacha S.

Dimanche, décembre 2nd, 2007

Thorny Devil

It’s a reptile. It’s coloured and it’s got spines.

It eats between six hundred and three thousand ants a day.

It lives in the interior desert of Australia.

It lays eggs between September and January.

It walks.

A Goanna by Tom Q.

Dimanche, décembre 2nd, 2007

goanna

It has got another name : the sandmonitor. It is the same type as an iguana. It has four legs, it has a long tail  abd it has a lot of scales on its body.
It lives in Australia in the forest. It eats insects, scorpios, spiders, centipedes and even small mammals.

A Dugong by Hélène S.

Dimanche, décembre 2nd, 2007

Dugong

It has two nostrils and a powerful tail that looks like a whale’s tail. It has small paddle-like flippers.

It ests small fish.

It lives in Australia, it lives in the shallow coastal waters of Northern Australia where it finds protection from large waves and storms.

It is 3 metres long and weighs 500 kilos.

Wombats by Tony C.

Dimanche, décembre 2nd, 2007

wombat

They live in burrows.

They eat grass.

They emerge at night to feed.

They have long claws that are adapted to digging.