Resource 15
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EMU OBLONG EAGLE TURTLE
KOALA KANGAROO
FROG
MAGPIE NUMBAT QUENDA Resource 15
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CAT CAT CAT
CAT FOX FOX
FOX FOX SLENDER TREE FROG Resource 15
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SNAKE BOBTAIL CROCODILE
BILBY
ECHIDNA FUR SEAL
MALLEEFOWL PENGUIN POSSUM Resource 16
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CAT• Introduced • Predator • Kills native animals • Found all over Australia
MOTORBIKE FROG • Introduced • Native FOX • Predator amphibian • Kills native • Found around animals Perth • Found all over • Eats insects Australia
MAGPIE • Native bird • Found in many gardens and bushland • Eats insects Resource 16
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• SNAKENative reptile • Many different types, some venomous • Eats a variety of prey
KANGAROO • Native marsupial • EMUNative bird • Eats grasses • Very fast runner and plants • Cannot fly • Found across • Eats grasses Australia and seeds
KOALA • Native marsupial • Eats gum leaves • Found in eastern states Resource 16
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NUMBAT • Native marsupial • Eats termites • Found only in Western Australia
QUENDA BILBY • Native • Native marsupial marsupial • Eats insects • Eats insects, and fungi seeds and fungi • Found in • Found in central Western Australia Australia
BOBTAIL • Native reptile • Eats insects, snails, slugs, flowers and fruit. • Found around Australia Resource 16
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CROCODILE • Native reptile • Eats fish, crustaceans, sheep and cattle • Found across northern Australia
FUR SEAL ECHIDNA • Native mammal • Native • Eats fish, squid monotreme and octopus • Eats ants and • Found in termites Australian • Found all waters over Australia
MALLEEFOWL • Native bird • Eats seeds, flowers, fungi and insects • Found across southern Australia Resource 16
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PENGUIN • Native bird • Eats fish • Found on the coasts of southern Australia
WEDGE-TAILED EAGLE POSSUM • Native bird • Native • Eats mammals marsupial and some • Eats leaves and reptiles flowers • Found across • Found across Australia Australia
OBLONG TURTLE • Native reptile • Eats fish, frogs and insects • Found in the south-west of Australia Resource 17
Animal Nets Resource 17
Animal Nets Resource 18
More or Less (page one)
Humans 6,000,000,000
Numbats 1,000
Giant Pandas 2,500
Tigers 4,000 Resource 18
More or Less (page two)
Gilbert’s Potoroo 70
Koala 80,000
Lions 10,000
Sumatran Orangutan 6,300 Resource 19 Nelly Numbat Says Resource 20
All About the Numbat The Numbat is a mammal.
It has a small pointed head and small upright ______. It has four short legs with long claws and a long, bushy ______. It may be grey-brown to reddish in ______with black and white banding on the back and rump. Numbats have a beige underbelly and a long back stripe across the ______area.
The Numbat has a ______, sticky tongue that it uses to dip into in logs, leaf litter and in small holes in the ground to collect termites. The ______only eats termites and nothing else. They don’t even need to drink ______as they get all the moisture they need from munching on ______.
Numbats are an endangered species. There are less than 1000 left living in the ______. Numbats are very vulnerable to predation by introduced species such as foxes and ______. They are also eaten by native reptiles and birds, but they have developed survival skills over time giving them some protection against these natural predators.
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