WHAT DO THEY ALL HAVE IN COMMON?

WHERE ARE THEY

FROM?

YES, THEY ARE ALL

AUSSIES!

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FAMOUS AUSTRALIAN FAMOUS AUSTRALIAN ANIMALSANIMALS

KangarooKangaroo originally meant

“I don’t understand”

KoalasKoalas are really lazy!

They sleep for 19 hours a day

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Australian Australian animalsanimals

10. Funnel Web Spider

It is found in Sydney.

They are very aggressive when they bite!

There is an antivenom but a child died 15 minutes after being bitten.

9. The Great White Shark

It is approximately 1.5 m long.

8. Tiger Snake

Don’t worry: antivenom is effective.

7. Brown Snake

They are on all coasts of Australia.

They have an incredible sense of smell.

They attack and wait for their prey to bleed to death.

If they don’t swim, they sink!

4. The Blue Ring Octopus

Pretty but lethal!

It paralyses you within minutes. You are aware but unable

to breathe!

There is no antivenom available!

5. The Stone Fish

If you step on him, its venom can kill you in only

2 hours!

6. The Red Back Spider

It’s common in urban areas.

They are under logs, bricks, rocks or outdoor toilets. Females are 1 cm long but males are only 4mm long.

1. The Box Jellyfish or Sea Wasp

2. Irukandji Jellyfish

It is only 2.5 cm in diameter. Very

difficult to spot!It can kill you in 3 minutes !

3. Saltwater crocodileIt can be 4 metres long.

Amazing: the temperature of its saltwater’s egg will determine the crocodile’s

sex.

By Gemma Vinyals