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Australian Desert AnimalsNot Your Average Zoo CreaturesAustralian desert animals are interesting, unique, and sometimes deadly. Yet the native Australian Aborigines consider most of these things good to eat!The greatest survivors of the Australian desert animals which live in the Outback, would be the reptiles such as the Blue Tongue Lizard. They are pretty much immune to the fierce heat, but they do get eaten by Dingos and city dogs. These Australian desert animals include some highly venomous snakes, as well. Australian lizards range from large sharp-clawed Goannas, through the big but harmless Shingleback Lizard, down to the smaller Frill Neck Lizard and even the tiny Horny Devil lizards so named because they are all spiky, with what looks like a tiny Rhinoceros horn on its nose!. The Blue Tongue Lizard is found in many Sydney suburban backyards, and most Australians treat them as pets. They feed the lizards with minced meat, which should be mixed with a little dirt and gravel... otherwise it's too rich for them. In return, the lizards eat snails and slugs and keep the numbers down in the garden! Australian snakes range from the aggressive and deadly Taipan, the Fierce Snake, the Brown Snake and the timid but still poisonous Red-Bellied Black Snake. If you see a snake in the wild, just move quietly away from it and it will leave you alone. Most people who get bitten by these deadly Australian desert animals were only bit because they tried to kill or capture the snake. Another way to get snake bite is to accidentally step on a snake while you're out walking in the bush. The Death Adder is especially hard to see, since it hides in the leaf litter and wiggles the tip of its tail to attract its prey... rather like an American rattlesnake. Our harmless Carpet Snake (the Carpet Python) is welcomed on many country farms because they eat all the mice and rats. While these Australian desrt animals abound in the countryside and desert, your best way of seeing these Australian desert animals is to visit the Sydney Zoo at Taronga Park. It's just a pleasant ferry ride across Sydney Harbor from the wharf at Circular Quay. Snakes are protected creatures in Australia, and even the locals are prohibited from keeping them without a special permit. You aren't allowed to export them without a permit, either, and Australian Customs is always on the lookout for people trying to smuggle Australian desert animals or other exotic species in or out of our country! |
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