Australian Animals

Quolls

Quolls are mammals.
They are nocturnal so they sleep all day and are awake at night-time
Baby Quolls are as big as a grain of rice and live I their mother's pouch
They have spots on their fur which they use as camouflage..

Koalas

Koalas have thick fur on their bottoms so they can sit on the hard branches of trees and be comfortable.
The babies are as big as a jellybean.
They are marsupials and their babies are called joeys.
They rub their scent on trees to mark their territory.

Kangaroos

Kangaroos are marsupials.
Their babies are as big as a jelly bean and live in the mother's pouch.
They are the largest animal to hop.
They use their tails to balance and to steer them.


Emus

Emus are Australia's largest bird.
Males puff up their neck feathers to attract  the females.
Females make a deep drum like noise to attract the males.
The males sit on the greeny-blue eggs for up to eight weeks and do not drink, eat, wee or poo for all that time.