View Poll Results: Favourite Aussie animal
Kangaroo
12
14.12%
Koala
20
23.53%
Possom
8
9.41%
Dolphin
14
16.47%
Other - please state
31
36.47%
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Favorite Aussie Animal
Mar 26th 2005, 9:11 am
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Re: Favorite Aussie Animal
Why has'nt anyone mentioned the ' Bunyip '.
Mar 26th 2005, 9:14 am
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Re: Favorite Aussie Animal
Originally Posted by wombat42
Why has'nt anyone mentioned the ' Bunyip '.
Mar 26th 2005, 9:19 am
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Re: Favorite Aussie Animal
Originally Posted by possoms
yep deffo the best they can run at 40 km/h. Always wanted one as a pet ever since seeing the one the vet kept on A Country Practice 
kept as pets become overweight because the owners overfeed them and they don't get enough exercise. l remember seeing one pet Wombat that was so fat that it could no longer walk and the owners had to push it around everywhere in a wheel burrow.
Mar 26th 2005, 9:27 am
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Re: Favorite Aussie Animal
Originally Posted by tonyk38
I was thinking of mentioning the drop bear....
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Mar 26th 2005, 9:28 am
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Re: Favorite Aussie Animal
Originally Posted by wombat42
The name of the Wombat on a country practice was ' Fatso '. Often Wombats
kept as pets become overweight because the owners overfeed them and they don't get enough exercise. l remember seeing one pet Wombat that was so fat that it could no longer walk and the owners had to push it around everywhere in a wheel burrow.
kept as pets become overweight because the owners overfeed them and they don't get enough exercise. l remember seeing one pet Wombat that was so fat that it could no longer walk and the owners had to push it around everywhere in a wheel burrow.
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Mar 26th 2005, 9:29 am
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Re: Favorite Aussie Animal
Originally Posted by Grayling
Bunyips and Drop bears!!!
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Mar 26th 2005, 9:56 am
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Re: Favorite Aussie Animal
Originally Posted by Grayling
Fat wombats make better fur coats though
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Mar 26th 2005, 10:05 am
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Re: Favorite Aussie Animal
Ralph Harris. His native to OZ, His hairy enough to pass for an animal and his been around for longer then most Aussie animal species have been in existence.
His native to OZ, His hairy enough to pass for an animal and his been around for longer then most Aussie animal species have been in existence.
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Mar 26th 2005, 10:37 am
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Re: Favorite Aussie Animal
Originally Posted by aussie73
Ralph Harris. His native to OZ, His hairy enough to pass for an animal and his been around for longer then most Aussie animal species have been in existence.
His native to OZ, His hairy enough to pass for an animal and his been around for longer then most Aussie animal species have been in existence.
Mar 26th 2005, 10:50 am
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Re: Favorite Aussie Animal
Originally Posted by wombat42
Why has'nt anyone mentioned the ' Bunyip '.
I was going to put the mystical bunyip in my list earlier in this thread but I have never seen one and never met anyone who has... ooer...
Mar 26th 2005, 11:42 am
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Re: Favorite Aussie Animal
I woke up this morning thinking about this thread (really, I should get a life shouldn't I...) what about Bilbies, Thorny Devils, Echidnas and Bob Tailed Lizards. We rescued a bob tailed lizard from the road when we first got here and they are pretty cool. Hubby pulled a tick of one a few weeks ago when he was out East. What I find really interesting is the distribution of the animals; here in WA we don't have Koalas, Playtipii, Wombats etc. in the wild.
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Mar 26th 2005, 11:55 am
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Re: Favorite Aussie Animal
Here's a Bilby pic and a link to info about them, apparently they are endangered. I didn't know they were bandicoots.
http://australian-animals.net/bilby.htm
http://australian-animals.net/bilby.htm
Mar 26th 2005, 12:02 pm
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Re: Favorite Aussie Animal
Ahhhh, this is cute, it's a Numbat and is only found in a small area of forest in WA.
If anyone is good at avatars... hint hint!
If anyone is good at avatars... hint hint!
Mar 26th 2005, 3:25 pm
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Re: Favorite Aussie Animal
Originally Posted by Larissa
I woke up this morning thinking about this thread (really, I should get a life shouldn't I...) what about Bilbies, Thorny Devils, Echidnas and Bob Tailed Lizards. We rescued a bob tailed lizard from the road when we first got here and they are pretty cool. Hubby pulled a tick of one a few weeks ago when he was out East. What I find really interesting is the distribution of the animals; here in WA we don't have Koalas, Playtipii, Wombats etc. in the wild.
Yep, Numbats are I believe the WA fauna symbol?
There's a warning sign for Bandicoots near my work, it's near the Roe Highway. Never seen one though.
Where we stayed near Albany there's lots of Bandicoots too, next time we'll go spotting!
Btw, I didn't know bilbies were bandicoots either!
Re: Bunyip. I was convinced when I was about 12 there was one living in the bushes near our house in Bridgetown, cos I couldn't think of what else was making the wierd noise... now I've realised it was an owl...
p.s. can't name a favourite animal.... too hard
Mar 29th 2005, 7:26 am
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Re: Favorite Aussie Animal
Originally Posted by Grayling
Bunyips and Drop bears!!!
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