ph03nix
Well-Known Member
We have some of the weirdest... and some of the most beautiful... here in Oz.
I'd like to show you some typical Aussie-ness. I'll start with some of our fauna, but along the way I'll show you lots of different stuff. Feel free to contribute if you have some Aussie-ness of your own that you'd like to show...
Ok, now this is a goanna... she was about 5 feet long, and she was pretty tame. This one lives near a camping area we visited not long back, so she's used to humans and she scavenges for food. I don't know if I'd be too comfortable near her if she'd been a 'real' wild goanna though. Have a look at those claws. They're made for climbing trees, and can cut to the bone. They also have a mouth full of tiny razor sharp teeth.
No, this is not a kangaroo, although she kind of looks like one. This is a cousin of the kangaroo, a wallaby, and she's a girl. If you look really closely you'll see that bulge of a pouch. She has a baby in there... they're called Joeys.
"Ah, ya bloody galah." A catchphrase you'll probably hear a few times if you came to visit Aus. When spoken to a person, these words roughly translate to "Oh, you are a silly old bird", or words to that effect. But these are REAL galahs, the parrot type.
I'd like to show you some typical Aussie-ness. I'll start with some of our fauna, but along the way I'll show you lots of different stuff. Feel free to contribute if you have some Aussie-ness of your own that you'd like to show...
Ok, now this is a goanna... she was about 5 feet long, and she was pretty tame. This one lives near a camping area we visited not long back, so she's used to humans and she scavenges for food. I don't know if I'd be too comfortable near her if she'd been a 'real' wild goanna though. Have a look at those claws. They're made for climbing trees, and can cut to the bone. They also have a mouth full of tiny razor sharp teeth.
No, this is not a kangaroo, although she kind of looks like one. This is a cousin of the kangaroo, a wallaby, and she's a girl. If you look really closely you'll see that bulge of a pouch. She has a baby in there... they're called Joeys.
"Ah, ya bloody galah." A catchphrase you'll probably hear a few times if you came to visit Aus. When spoken to a person, these words roughly translate to "Oh, you are a silly old bird", or words to that effect. But these are REAL galahs, the parrot type.
Oh yes Hester, there's more... lots more. At a rough guess I would say thousands... no... tens of thousands...
I'm probably going to upset you here Sunny, but in much of the country Galahs are considered to be almost pests. Let me tell you, I've personally seen flocks of Galahs that are in the hundreds... it's not a rare sight. And these are large birds that like to eat seed and grain. Farmers can lose a whole crop in a couple of days if a large flock of Galahs are about. They're not well liked in rural areas.
