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3 What kind of animal is a saltwater crocodile? A mammal, a reptile or an amphibian? Reptile. 1 The platypus swims underwater with its eyes, ears and nose shut! How do you think they know how to find food? They use their bill, which has electro-sensitive sensors. 5 Kangaroos can’t walk backwards. True or false? True! Their large hind legs and bulky tail make walking backwards impossible. 2 How do mother wombats carry their babies? In a pouch – the pouch faces backwards, so that it doesn’t get filled with dirt when the mother wombat burrows in the ground. 6 The laughing sound a kookaburra makes is actually to ward off other birds. Who can make the best kookaburra sound? Pick the child who has the best kookaburra ‘laugh’. 4 What do echidnas use their spines for? When the echidna is surprised, scared or frightened, it curls up in a spiky ball so no-one can hurt it. 10 Gang-gang cockatoos are Australian birds with a distinctive red colour. What other colour cockatoos have you seen? Yellow, white, black, white and pink, dark grey. 9 What is different about the way a tiger snake has its babies, compared to other snakes? They give birth to live young, rather than laying eggs 7 How did the Tasmanian devil get its name? The early Australian settlers started calling this animal the ‘devil’ because of it’s black colour and the screeching noise it makes. 8 How many hours does a koala sleep every day? They sleep 18-22 hours per day. They need lots of rest because their diet of leaves takes a lot of effort to digest! QUIZ
