I finally had the opportunity to see kangaroos and koala bears! Ever since I knew that I would be coming to Australia I have wanted to see these animals. None of the Australians could understand my excitement for wanting to see real kangaroos. Here kangaroos are comparable to deer back home. They run wild and are often times the cause of many car accidents. My one friend told me the story about how she encountered one in her backyard on a run one day. Another friend mentioned that a koala bear lived in the tree in her front yard for years. It amazes me that these animals are so common here, yet I had never even seen them in real life before! I cannot even imagine getting in a car accident because of a kangaroo. The idea just seems so outrageous.
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We were able to see some other really cool Australian animals as well. Birds are very common here so we saw many different types of them. As well as tasmanian devils, dingos, wombats and platypuses. The dingos looked exactly like a dog but the platypuses were really cool! They have bills like a duck, a tail like a beaver, they lay eggs like a snake but feed milk to their young. Such a cool animal! There are only two mammals in the entire world that lay eggs and the platypus is one of them! Unfortunately we couldn't really get a good look at them. They swim underwater and it was really dark inside of their tanks.
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At the end of the tour we all got to sit down and watch a very entertaining bird show. They had so many different bird types and they taught many of them to different tricks. Cockatoos are very common here and if they are trained right they can speak to their owner. This part of the show was actually really, really funny. It is amazing that they can train animals like they do. Although this part of the show was very funny and entertaining my favorite part involved a different bird. This bird enjoys eating ostrich eggs; an egg shell that can withstand a 300lb birds sitting weight. In order to crack open the shell, the bird picks up a rock with its beak and continuously throws the rock at the shell until it breaks open. Fascinating.
The bird show was a close second, but I would still have to say that the koala bears were my favorite part of the exhibit. They are just the coolest looking animals. It does not even seem like they are real in the pictures that I took. Koalas actually sleep for about 19 hours a day! So crazy.
I finally had the opportunity to see kangaroos and koala bears! Ever since I knew that I would be coming to Australia I have wanted to see these animals. None of the Australians could understand my excitement for wanting to see real kangaroos. Here kangaroos are comparable to deer back home. They run wild and are often times the cause of many car accidents. My one friend told me the story about how she encountered one in her backyard on a run one day. Another friend mentioned that a koala bear lived in the tree in her front yard for years. It amazes me that these animals are so common here, yet I had never even seen them in real life before! I cannot even imagine getting in a car accident because of a kangaroo. The idea just seems so outrageous.
Hey Stevie, it looks like you're having a great time Down Under! I love the enthusiasm in your blog posts, I feel like I'm there in Australia too! I loved all of the animal photos - I absolutely love zoos and I've always wanted to see a koala bear, so I'm really jealous of you. I went to the Rome zoo last week, and while it was a fun day, sadly there are no animals there that are indigenous to Australia. Good job with the video too, very interesting!
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