| QuokkaThis is a small furry creature which (mostly) lives only on Rottnest Island, off Perth. Tim invented the quokwich, but Christopher came up with the recipe. |
OrcaBit out of place, this one. We last saw captive Orcas in Vancouver Zoo. |
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| Parrot(If someone tells the the technically correct name for this bird I might get round to changing it. But calling them "parrots" seems quite reasonable to me.) |
KangaroosYes there are two of them, that's the baby's nose peeping out. |
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| KoalaLegend has it that while they look cuddly these are actually vicious little b****rs. When the prime minister of China gave the visiting prime minister of Australia a baby panda to cuddle, and it urinated on him, he decided to retaliate on the return visit by giving the Chinese premier a koala to cuddle, in the hope that it would bite him. I don't recall whether it actually did or not. |
CamelI think these count as genuine Autralian wildlife because they were used extensively in the desert, particularly in the building of the Ghan. |
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