Why Are There No Big Animals In Australia

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Why are there no big animals in australia. Our investigations within Australia and abroad have uncovered cruelty and forced needed change within once hidden industries including the live export trade factory farms and the greyhound racing and export industry. This species doesnt have particularly potent venom but the allergic reaction suffered by 1-2 per cent of the population coupled with the high incidence of bee stings make them second to snakes as the most deadly venomous animal in Australia. Even though Australia is home to nearly 150 volcanoes none of them has erupted for about 4000 to 5000 years.

A zoo can teach you a lot about how animals behave in captivity but will teach you very little about the behaviour of animals in the wild. Endemism in Australian mammals. The famous list of Australia having nearly all of the worlds most venomous snakes comes from a terrible LD50 study that only.

Our investigations shine light in dark places so we can illuminate the pathway to a kinder world. A dingo looks similar to a domestic dog but has a longer muzzle larger pointed ears and sharper teeth. There are some 250 species of native mammals 550 species of land and aquatic.

Cats dogs bears raccoons etc - the dingo now known as Australias wild dog was introduced about 3000 years ago NO native hoofed animals deer goats etc NO primates monkeys and apes and. There are so many unique australian animals because australia is on a continent that is pretty far from other continents. Snakes kill an average of 2 to 4 people a year here but the number of casualties seem small when you compare it to the 11000 individuals that snakes annually kill in Asia.

Australias coast also stretched further into the Timor Sea. The earliest cat fossils date back only 10 - 15 million years so. Yummie is not my reaction.

To add to that it is not known for people to eat Platypus any of the various venomous snakes Brown Tiger Taipans various black snakes the small blue ringed octopus any of the jumping jack ants or any of the other venomous animals that are famously endemic to Australia and its territories. Learning about Australias extinct fauna helps us to create links through time that relate the animals of the past with those of today and to develop conservation strategies. The fact that monkeys did not make the journey to Australia can probably be attributed to geological movement that began 175 million years ago.