Here's another post about where I've been (sorry if these are getting old and repetitive for you… I haven’t been so keen on posting my insights, but those’ll come later)!
This is an emu. He knows what I did a few weeks ago to his cousin.
This is Tyipa. Koala apparently He’s a trained koala, so no, he isn’t vicious. His kin can be quite feral though. According to many Aussies, the word koala means doean’t drink, and most of these little guys get all their water from the eucalyptus trees. They sleep about 20 hours a day, have two opposable thumbs on each hand for extra gripping, and fingerprints that are often indistinguishable from a human’s. As opposed to kangaroos, both koalas and wombats are both marsupials with backward facing pouches. Look at his regal posture!
Speaking of wombats, this is Rita. Doesn't she look like an old man?
She’s a Southern Hairy-Nosed Wombat who unfortunately is endangered. Her pouch opens in back so that it doesn’t fill with dirt.
Also the Moonlight Sanctuary Wildlife Conservation Park (where these animals reside), I got the chance to feed wallabies. HEHE. Tis a baby one! Shofat.
Red-necked wallabies are smaller than kangaroos or wallaroos and are known for their black nose and paws. My question: why are they called red-necked wallabies?
This one grabbed onto my hand with both of his paws!
On the way to Phillip Island, we almost witnessed a fatality.
I have about 25 pictures of wallabies so I'll just move on.
This feral thing is a Tasmanian Devil. We got pretty lucky, since they don’t come out during the daytime. According to its description, this guy likes “the taste of rotting meat in my mouth, crunching skulls, and licking out the brains.” Baby tas devils are called imps. As of late, Tasmanian devils are susceptible to a highly contagious cancer and are on the verge of being extinct.
I also got my foot stuck in a marsh on my way out of the Sanctuary.
It was like a free mud bath for my feet. You may call me frugal.
After the Conservation Park, we headed down to the Nobbies, a part of the Phillip Island. Here we walked along the boardwalk,
and spotted Little Penguins nesting here! I may have mentioned them before, but these things average 30cm tall, and are the smallest penguins in the world!
The little groove marks that look as if created by water runs are actually the little itty bitty beauts hopping up the mountain and creating paths with their feet.
(ok maybe I wasn’t done with them. A wild wallaby we drove by!)
We ended the night at Phillip Island by joining these here folks doing some penguin watching. After about a half hour of sitting and waiting, we watched as 1500 of them hopped onshore and made their way through the various brush areas to find a home for the night. Because of their small size, they arrive in cohorts for protection; reminds me that there's power in numbers.
I don’t have many pictures from here on out because they were not allowed (the flash frightens the little darlings) but I snapped a quick shot of one (without flash!) before being reprimanded for my outright defiance of the Island’s laws.
awlookatdahelloo!
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