10,000 Birds

JUNE 16, 2011

In nature, you’ve got your leathery skin (like elephants or crocodiles), you’ve got your fur (like beavers and red deer), you’ve got your scales (like fish and pangolins) and you’ve got your feathers (like many theropod dinosaurs … oh, and birds). Bipedalism is somewhat rare these days in the animal world.

Birds 271

Birds Marsupials Primates Whales 271

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2012

The highlight of the night was a Striped Possum, a large squirrel sized possum with black and white striped fur. The Northern Brown Bandicoot ( Isoodon macrourus ) is a marsupial of the forest floor. There were also massive native White-tailed Rats and the Northern Brown Bandicoot.

Possums 217

Possums Guinea Marsupials Rats 217

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2015

Rather than risk getting attacked the marsupials will dig into the dry riverbed until they reach water and drink from that area instead. Euros are shaggy, heavy built marsupials with hair rather than fur and male Euro can weigh up to 55 kilograms. We observed both Agile Wallabies and Euros at the Behn River.

Marsupials 178

Marsupials Australia Birds Fur 178