@@Danger_Mouse3619 LMAO - M8 All we can do is educate the willing. And hey, I don't wanna bitch slap anyone, I'll just take a 5c piece and go on a cruise somewhere lol
There's a veryyyyyyy long list of us so it seems m8 - The very next time I'm in conversation with an American about this, I intend on calling their national symbol a billed eagle, and see how that goes down......it will probably go straight over their heads, but I gotta just to see the reaction
Just note the narrator wasn't Australian. She pronounced Emu and Goanna incorrectly. And one of the snakes at the start wasn't a carpet python. And she left out all the interesting facts about the animals, like male platypuses are venomous (via spur on their hind legs) and the wombat has square poop.
Yea, she's not so hot, a pair of fighting kangaroos among the Wallaby shots not to mention other misplaced photos and her wrong pronunciations. Why does she say Numbats and Wombats aren't bats at all, No shot Sherlock, is it because she's never seen a bat? And Thorny Devils don't have sharp thorns, they're soft. I wish Joel would stop giving oxygen to ignorant Americans who set themselves up as authorities on all things Australian.
Like I told Ryan on the other RUclips channel months ago, every time an American says “Eemoo” instead of the correct Eem-you, a cute little Australian Kelpie puppy dies.
I’m happy to let people from the US mispronounce emu since I’ve no intention of changing the way I say tomato! It’s a fruit from the Americas, so the way they say it is obviously correct, but the British pronunciation is so ingrained.
The Echidna is a monotreme, as is the platypus, and they have no other living relatives on mother earth. The cane toad 'record' is now broken with a recently caught (20/01/2023) female weighing in at 2.7 kg. *Note:* The quokka (Setonix brachyurus, /ˈkwɒkə/) is the happiest and cutest animal in Australia.
I would recommend reacting to the Aussie youtuber ididathing, he has a big backlog of content where he makes stupid contraptions, often involving native animals he finds in his yard, and really showcases some aussie slang, mindset, culture, and wildlife. He is hilarious and I thought you might enjoy his stuff. It is also much more authentic to Australia, as he is just doing his thing, rather than focussing entirely on the aussie parts. I thought it might be a cool perspective. Love the videos dude!
Really enjoy your work Joel. I watch a number of RUclips reviewers, as quite a number review Australian content. You have a personality in front of the camera that is easy to watch with awesome communication. Keep up the good work.
Hi Joel.. I live in a national park where I am lucky to have seen and photographed a lot of the wonderful creatures.We have a family of Kookaburras that call in every day and one wil land on my lap and take some food from me.. Been within feet of a wombat who couldn't care less that I was there with my camera.. The Echidna is rather cute but are shy. We live beside a creek and have seen the wonderful platypus.. Wallabys feed in our yard all the time and the larger Roos are everywhere.I have never seen a Koala but Know they areround. The spotted Quoll is a frequent visitor to my daughter's property as they have chickens which Quoll find delicious evidently..We had a couple of Quolls in our house when we were renovating!! When cornered they are scared and show their vicious teeth!! Yes we have snakes, the Red bellied Black and the diamond python but the worst one is the Brown snake, very poisonous. One came up to our window and I was able to get a few photos of it. The birds are beautiful, and I spend a lot of my day taking photos of them. I am 76 yrs old and have terminal cancer so this place is my haven. I hope you get to see Australia at some stage of your life. It is such a beautiful country and people are friendly..Love all your comments and have been watching your videos for a couple of years now..Havean awesome 2023 all the best young man..
How lucky we are to have such beautiful animals to call our own Dale. I’m so glad you get to have the experience of enjoying these incredible creatures especially because of what your going thru. What a beautiful honour it is. Take care sending loads of love and strength Leisa Western Australia xxxxx
I live in Australia and I saw an Eastern Brown Snake this afternoon on my walk. I don’t see many very often. It crossed the path and slithered off into grass and I walked past. It’s very docile unless you aggravate it. Beautiful ancient animal.
I had a similar experience with a Red Bellied Black Snake as a teen, while walking my dog at dusk. The snake just crossed the path, the dog was pulling me backwards as I was trying to get a better look 😅🤦♀ chaotic moment for sure lol But yeah, they're all just trying to do their thing and go about their lives ❤
My cousin had a huge tiger snake fall on her whilst she was milking (one of the cows jostled the machinery and it had been on top). Not sure which of them was more startled!
one of the Quoka smaller relatives is the common Potoroo there is a park just out side Adelaide forget what its called, they come out of hiding an sit at your feet so you can feed them so cute! ( special food you can buy small packs when you get a ticket )
When I was about 7yrs old, my neighbour had to give up their pet Dingo, so I begged to my mum to have her. I live in SE Suburban Australia and bragged everytime someone asked☺️ RIP My Lala Bounts ❤️ She was domesticated, please don’t go looking for a wild dingo ❤️
Please can someone do an education program for American narrators and reactors on how to pronouce Australian names especially Emu = Eemyooo Goanna = Go-anna as in the girls name Kookaburra = Kook as in book and burra has a short sounding u as in bun. And he lives in the old GUM tree. Fun facts platypus and schidnas (there are 4 types) are related as they are monotremes, the only mammals that lay eggs. And the male platypus has a venomous spur on his back legs whican cause a painful injury but it wont kill you. However you'd be flat out seeing one in the wild let alone picking it up. Koalas (NOT a bear) and wombats are also related having a shared ancestor way way way back. Koalas evolved to ,live in trees and eat eucalyptus leaves and the females have backward facing pouches. Wombats also have backward facing pouches, are ground dwelling searching out vegetation to eat and live in burrows underground. They both have leathery spoon shaped noses and are kinda chunky. Dingos are NOT feral dogs and they have recently been confirmed as a species on their own not related to wolves or domestic dogs. And those little spotty furry creatures first up are known as Quolls not hairy tales. No disrespect but very annoying when these types of videos are pdoduced in America and arent really accurate. None of the info is that hard to research and cross check.EDIT And please note you can't have any native Australian animals unless you are granted a permit to be able to keep them for specific reasons. But never as pets We have huge problems with native animal smuggling so not a good idea to make those sorts of comments. EXCEPT (poor attempt at humour 😁) for huntsman spiders. If theyre in the house I'll name it and consider it a pet. I call them all Fluffy
yer my thought too, zero research, what they can't find out they invent, they can't tell it right and can't say it right, use stock photos and videos, making things sound like they're an authority on the subject, they think the rest of the world is dumb and because they're American you are duty bound to believe them, well we don't! the only American I will accept Knowledge from, has to have a lest 3 PhD's and a masters. Sorry Joel but those videos really stink! sorry but I just had to say it.
Thanks for saying what I was thinking. It's annoying that people keep putting out incorrect information. I am not a streamer, so cannot do it. Surely there is a more informative video out there somewhere. Maybe Parks and Wildlife have something?
Hahaha my sister calls all their huntsman's Fred, although recently had to rethink one might be Frederica!! Expecting hundreds of babies any time now, possibly in 15yo nephews bedroom!!
We have a lot of unusual and unique animals, but some others they didn't mention that are very cute are the bilby (the Australian easter bunny, and an endangered animal), quokka, tawny frogmouth (which is actually in the nightjar family, despite looking a lot like an owl), fruit bat, and spotted quoll. You should check them out. 🙂
Fruit Bats! If they are flying over head at sunset after feeding all day and going back to their roost, then you better take cover under an umbrella, worse than a flock of seagulls and man are they smelly! hehe.
@@pv-mm2or I can imagine - I've seen the ground under trees they roost in and it's a mess lol. Also the disease that they carry is pretty nasty, if I recall correctly. All that being said, they have super cute faces, and there's that one channel where a woman rescues them and you can see them eating bananas and such. It's really sweet. 😊
The kookaburra song i remember from the 70s was "kookaburra lives on electric wires, jumping up and down with it's balls on fire, laugh kookaburra laugh ...." 😂😂😂 11:54
Kookaburra's most of the time don't make their laughing sound to assert their territory, they actually do it to let the other Kookaburra's know that rain is on the way. They are our free weather report if you happen to have any live near by. I have a few near my house and they always laugh when rain is on the way. I don't really know where this person got most of their information from as the pronunciation of a lot of the animals names were quite off and a lot of crucial facts about them were also missed. Like the 'Goanna'/'Monitor Lizard' commonly goes by the name of the Komodo Dragon, that's how we all know it.
Joel I like your work because you are so respectful unlike a lot of other people from the US. When they produce this sort of material I really wish they would go to the trouble of checking pronunciations. I don't need to go into them because plenty of others already have. One thing about spiders is that no matter how big they are they still make a nice damp spot on the ground.
Goanna isn't actually a specific lizard, it's a name for a few different species of large lizards found here that look fairly similar, another name for them is monitor lizards.
Emu’s are also very curious birds, my grandfather kept three of them in the 50’s and they kept peering into peoples windows and scaring the daylights out of people.
So many very unique animals like the other various Possums, Dunnarts, Water Rats, Bandicoot, Quokka, Cassowary, Cockatoo, tiny Budgerigar, Galah and the very unique Tree Kangaroo. The Tree Kangaroo is very different than it's ground based cousins. Their feet are completely different and adapted for tree climbing like a monkey with a Kangaroo's body.
Wombats can and will charge you if startled. Its like a big sack of potatoes running through your shins at 35km per hour. Koalas are also a bit psycho.
The numbat population made it onto the highly endangered species, and numbers were so low it was believed the species would be lost. We had huge numbers in the 1970s, but have been decimated by No1 cats (both feral and domestic) No2 dogs No3 loss of habitat due to over forestation of the Sth West No4 increased environmental destruction via increases in bushfires year to year - We have a fantastic programme at the Perth Zoo that's involved in our major breeding to reestablish the species programme. They had established several colonies from the young they had bred in captivity, and had set up "cat / dog / fox" proof fencing, but we had bad several severe bushfires in that area 2 summers ago, which I don't know if it effected the colonies or not. If any of you ever visit Perth, make sure to go visit the Perth Zoo noctural and numbat enclosures - some of the cutest animals in Australia are nocturnal (huge big eyes make them look adorable, especially the sugar gliders ) lol
Echidna spikes are sharp. There used to be a display in the museum in Brisbane (it's apparently gone now) of the dead bodies of a goanna that tried to eat an echidna and got the spikes straight through its mouth and head.
Hello Joel. I would have thought they would have made it a round twenty with the cassowary. I have watched nature programmes about several of these. My favourites are quolls and Tasmanian devils, but you tend to get recommended to videos looking for the extinct Tasmanian tiger or thylacine on RUclips, then to sasquatch and stranger and stranger stuff.
Joel, watched quite a few a documentaries on sugar gliders. They are adorable and amazing animals. Imagine when they have cute little joeys in their marsupials. Unfortunately some people do have them as pets but they are wild animals that deserve to be in their natural habitat. I'd also suggest you look into cassowaries and cockatoos. You will be amazed the same way I was. On the other hand I am happy that I've only experienced some of that australian wildlife through the safety of a screen :)
the echidna and the platypus are both from the same family, the only two Monotreme's left in the world. Where all other animals in the animal kingdom branched off after the dinosaurs to become their own separate single species, the Monotreme never did and actually is three species of animal all rolled into one. They are a Mammal, an Avian and a Reptile all neatly rolled up into one animal. They are quite literally another living Dinosaur that are quite possibly hundreds of thousands of years old.
"goana" as a collective refers to australian monitors, but is usually in reference to a sand monitor, the size comparisons for them in the video was basically like saying a shark can get from 30cm to 13metres but not referencing what species get to what size. some of our smallest monitors are varanus acanthurus - ackie monitors, can get to around 70cm but most of that is tail, on the other end we have the perentie an absolute beast getting up around 2.5metres.
Hi there JPS, my name is Ross And I'm one of the many Aussies that follow your channel. I was watching one of your videos the other day when you were thinking about Sydney and Melbourne as possible places to visit. I live in Wollongong, which is about one and a half hours drive south of Sydney. We have the best beaches in the world down here. My favourites are; Austinmer and Thirroul. Also the view from Sublime Point, at the top of Bulli is simply breath taking. I love your videos and look forward to your next one.
You can hold an echidna gently in your hands because, unlike the porcupine, the spines aren't held loosely in the skin, and they have no barbs ... if you run over one, however, it could puncture a tyre, so they are very strong. If you come across one, it is amazing how quickly they can just sink into the ground, using their spade-like claws.
I have some good news for you. As an American, you can actually have a sugar glider as a pet. In Australia, we can't as there are laws preventing that, but there are sugar glider breeders in the US and it is apparently a growing industry there. Oh, and echidna spikes don't hurt.
"knockoff kangaroo" 😂 in Australia we eat wallabies pretty often and often are in the filling of burritos(namely in Tasmania) . We also eat kangaroo pretty often too as they are easy to find at Woolworths and are really healthy and cheap.
Facts- because I'm annoyed whenever Americans do documentaries on Aussie animal and pronounce things wrong or make them seen different than what they are. 1. Koalas are not cuddly. they are absolutely terrifying in the wild and WILL hurt you. -_- (also another thing is they aren't bears, which wasn't mentioned but it's a common misconception.) 2. THAT ISN'T HOW YOU SAY EMU. the pronunciation is: Ee (tree, me, etc) - m - yue (you, true, clue, etc). 3. YES THE ECHIDNA QUILLS ARE INDEED SHARP T-T. (also they are so cute oml they always look like they are smiling.) 4. Please do some research on tassie devils, they are equally terrible and beautiful creatures, and also sad. 5. YOU WILL NOT BE SEEING A PLATYPUS! Prior to contrary belief they are not common, and they are SO EXTREMELY SHY. you have to look, sometimes for days, and sometimes documentary people can't even find them T-T. (also they are like, craaaazy venomous so even if you saw one, no. just no.) (do some research, they're hella cool.) 6. Wombats are pretty big, and have one hell of a bite due to their massive teeth, don't approach one, even if you do see it, while they might not, if they do get to your fingers, they caaaan bite them off -_- (it is not likely but they are pretty common so you maay see one but not anywhere near cities or anything.and yes, they are pretty chill) 7. THE KOOKABURRA. I HATE PEOPLE FOR THIS. Pronunciation: cook (took, book, etc) - a - buh (duh, etc) - ra (for you it may sound like: ruh or rah [we say them pretty much the same][duh, etc]). 8. You are far more likely to see a wallaby than you are to see a kangaroo, they are more common. (of course depending on the area, but going bushwalking would definitely be a wallaby.) Also the wallaby has multiple...species?...types?...lowkey braindead lmao. 9. While yes, sugar gliders are cute, they also hunt a critically endangered species of bird - swift parrots - which only has 17% successful nesting rate on mainland Tasmania. they are cute but also kinda terrible :( 10. PLEASE DO NOT GO UP TO A KANGAROO I BEG YOU T-T They can, and probably will, throw fists. They can kill you, while the last death via roo was almost a century ago (ik ik sounds fine), something that has almost definitely contributed to that is people nit being stupid. please dont be the kangaroo death toll refresh -_-. Last thing, You aren't particularly likely to meet *most* of the animals on the list, with the exceptions of: Just about anywhere: The Kookaburra. If you are out bushwalking you may find: Wallabies, possibly echidnas (depending on where you are). Koalas (extremely unlikely), any of the various snakes we have (again, depending on location) If you are in grassy fields that aren't *too* close to the city, you may/are possibly likely to find: Kangaroos. If you are in grassy unkept fields out away from things you may see: wombats, or the more likely, wombat holes. Unless you are at the zoo, you are unlikely to see: Emus, Tassie Devils (OBVIOUSLY DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU ARE), sugar gliders, Koalas If you are at the zoo, you may also find from this list: Wombats, Kangaroos, Wallabies, Echidnas, and I have been writing for too long, and I will stop now. Bye, Hope you found this helpful and not too boring :')
Bandicoot, ring tail possum, jabiru, spoon bill, the selection of murder birds (magpies and plovers) the lyre bird, satin bower birds. Just a little list.
Australian here. Americans always pronounce the emu as "EE-moo," which s incorrect. The correct pronunciation is "EEM-you," where the "u" is pronounced completely.
Any list of Australia’s animals that includes my favourite, quolls, is a good list, regardless of any pronunciation issues! Feathertail gliders are adorable too, and so tiny they can fit on your hand. And I think you’d love cuscus, if you’ve not seen one. They’re a group of possums that look rather monkey like. I’m genuinely surprised tree kangaroos didn’t make the list, though you do find them, and cuscus, on New Guinea and other islands as well. But New Guinea has the other species of echidna, the long beaked echidna (ours is the short beaked), so … Echidna spikes are definitely sharp, and used defensively. But they’re also very sweet and there’s no more delightful sight than an echidna determinedly waddling along. Wallabies are also often nice natured - quokkas are a type of wallaby - and they’re often able to be hand fed at some parks (with appropriate food pellets, of course). I’m sorry to have to tell you though that wombats aren’t particularly chill, though that does depend on the species. They’re solid balls of muscle with claws that make their incisors look mild. Koalas only seem chill because they’re doped up on eucalyptus oil. Even though they’re evolved to live exclusively on certain types of eucalypts it’s still very hard to detoxify and digest and doesn’t yield much in the way of energy. Hence the sleeping a lot.
FYI. “Goanna” is the native Australian “aboriginal” name for the lizard. Their proper name is Lace Monitor, Water Monitor etc Only one species is referred to as a Goanna which is a Sand Goanna aka Goulds Monitor.
There is a comedy piece out there by an artist called Ostentatious, which is a very clever play on words based on Aussie place names. I reckon you would love to do a video based on this piece, it's called "Australiana".
You said you'd like a sugar glider as a pet. Please don't. Sugar gliders in pet shops in the USA have been bred from animals illegally smuggled out of Australia or from New Guinea. They are nocturnal and arboreal and need a peaceful spot during the day to sleep and a large area to explore at night. They are also gregarious and enjoy the company of their own kind. A sugar glider kept by itself will quickly decline. Enjoy them in zoos where they are cared for properly, or in the wild when you come to Australia. They are common in northern and eastern Australia, I have them in the trees along the river at the bottom of my garden, and sitting quietly at night under trees where they live will give you a good view.
You can pat echidnas if you run your hand away from its head, if you run your hand against the needles towards the head then you will probably cut your hand
I used to work near a major metropolitan river and there was a black swan that used to come and visit our lunch group. Everybody thought he was friendly but I reckon he was just waiting for the right time to muscle in and steal our food!Tbh, I’ve never met a friendly black swan 🤷♀️😂 I used to work at a zoo so have been up close and personal with most of these animals. They’re pretty fricking amazing 😁
The illegal pet trade/wildlife trade is a huge problem for sugar gliders due to how easy they are to collect in large numbers from the wild and poor breeding conditions on the "farms". Also, they are actually really hard to keep healthy in captivity and are prone to respiratory illness. Please do not say you would keep something as a pet simply because it's cute, that's how issues like this begin.
Echidna spikes do hurt but, more importantly, never drive over an echidna dead or alive. You'll have to sit there with long-nosed pliers removing the spines from your tyres before any tyre shop will fix the tyre for you.
Side note: it is illegal to own native animals as pets in Australia without a special licence. Generally rehabilitation is preferred, but you do get animals which cannot be released.
If your small dog runs into a wombat burrow, and the wombat is at home, it can crush the dog by pressing it against the top of the burrow. They look cute and cuddly, but can be quite fierce if provoked.
Somebody probably already mentioned this, but Echidnas are not mammals - they're monotremes, and one of only two animals in the world that are (the other being platypus). Monotremes have remained unchanged for tens of thousands of years as they have no other ancestors (evolutionary branches) for that long. Monotremes lay eggs, but also produce milk like mammals.
The Dingo genus is known,they are closely related to the New Guinea Singing Dog which are slightly smaller but are the same in colour and look. The leading theory is that they were the same species and evolved differently once New Guinea and Northern Australia seperated. They have common genetic markers.
I live a 1 minute drive from the town centre (50 k ppl) here in Oz and I've have an echidna, blue tongue lizards and kangaroos in my front yard. We also have black swabs here too There's a butcher bird family around my yard so I get to hear the baby practising its songs on my verandah and it loves watching my dogs play fetch. My daughter just spent a week on an island off qld infested with the closest relative of the box jellyfish. 5 kids were airlifted to hospital in the time that she was there. That same island has a growing population of an equally poisonous aquatic creature called the stone fish. Btw -The platypus has poisonous barbs on their back feet/ flippers.
Shocked the cassowary wasn’t on the list. It’s basically a velociraptor with feathers and a ridge down the top of its head. They’re absolutely savage and should be avoided at all costs. They have claws that resemble the velociraptor’s enormous claw specially designed for gutting and apart from pecking with their razor sharp beak, that’s what they do to attack. They’re extremely territorial as well and have killed people.
If I remember right: Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree Merry, merry king of the bush is he Laugh Kookaburra, laugh Kookaburra Gay your life must be Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree Eating all the gumnuts he can see Stop Kookaburra, stop kookaburra Leave some there for me And then our (my brothers and I) parody verse we heard and parroted as silly kids: Kookaburra sits on the electric wire Jumping up and down with his pants on fire Ouch Kookaburra! Ouch Kookaburra How hot your tail must be. I could be wrong with the actual verses... I've only ever heard it by ear from other people remembering it lol
Ok so kingfishers and kookaburras are totally different birds, emus are taller but cassowarys are heavier so depends how youre measuring as to whats bigger
There are three species of wombats: The common wombat (Vombatus ursinus), the Southern hairy-nosed wombat(Lasiorhinus latifrons), and the Northern Hairy-Nosed Wombat. Wombats can be very heavy and they are built like a tank they have square poo.💩Their fur can be very wiring I knew someone who had a wombat and it was very friendly it loves belly rubs. Koalas are not typically dangerous, but could become aggressive if cornered or threatened.
You can see videos on them flying from branch to branch They are miniscule and possibly our most cutest animal. There are other gliders - the Greater Glider, which is threatened. There is a pair of sugar gliders on a beautiful old ghost gum along the Murray - won't disclose details.
Spiders - there are 2 dangerous spiders here. The red-back is quite small, black and with a red stripe on its back. The bite can be fatal, but an antivenene was developed many years ago. The really dangerous spider is the funnel web. There is an effective anti-venene but that needs to be administered pretty quickly. The anti-venene is produced from the venom, and so there's a demand for spiders which are then milked for the venom. We live on Sydneys's Upper North Shore, a happy home for the spiders. We will catch one maybe a couple of times through a summer. Catching is not that hard - you get an open peanut butter jar (don't worry if it was used for jam or something else) creep up on the spider and place the jar over it. Punch a few air-holes in the lid, then slide a firm piece of cardboard under the trapped spider. Taking great care and wearing heavy gardening gloves, invert the jar, catching the spider inside. Screw the lid on tightly and head off to the emergency ward of the nearest public hospital. Every few days, staff from a laboratory about 30 km north from us will do the rounds of hospitals and collect the spiders. They're milked of the venom which is used to make the anti-venene. Since that became available 40 or so years ago, there have been no recorded deaths. These spiders seem to like water and there are quite a few reports of their being in pool skimmers, as well as cleaners.
Pronounced Ee m"you" not Ee moo.....why they've got an American narrating an Aussie video is beyond me lol
I'd love to bitch slap every person who say Emu wrong. 😂
Her voice does my head in 🤦♀️
@@Danger_Mouse3619 LMAO - M8 All we can do is educate the willing. And hey, I don't wanna bitch slap anyone, I'll just take a 5c piece and go on a cruise somewhere lol
Roslyn you crack me up. Americans sound out the alphabet totally different to how we do 😆 🤣
Indeed!!!!
As an Australian watching an American call a kookaburra a kookiberra is mildly infuriating
There's a veryyyyyyy long list of us so it seems m8 - The very next time I'm in conversation with an American about this, I intend on calling their national symbol a billed eagle, and see how that goes down......it will probably go straight over their heads, but I gotta just to see the reaction
YEP!
Especially when Joel said Kookaburra sits in the old OAK TREE!!!🤮🤮🤮🤪🤪🤪
@@louiserawle8999 We gotta teach him that Kookaburra's sit in old gum tree's lol
Also , old oak tree😒
The first image she showed when talking about the cane toad was the native green tree frog - which would not be happy being described as a cane toad.
A shame she didn't feature the Quokka which is a furry animal also native to Australia (Rottnest Island off Perth, WA). It's pretty cute.
And in spots in the south west
Just note the narrator wasn't Australian. She pronounced Emu and Goanna incorrectly.
And one of the snakes at the start wasn't a carpet python.
And she left out all the interesting facts about the animals, like male platypuses are venomous (via spur on their hind legs) and the wombat has square poop.
Why was the first toad picture a green tree frog?
@@69lure And the Kookaburra lives in the old gum tree.😉
@@69lure kookerboorer
Yea, she's not so hot, a pair of fighting kangaroos among the Wallaby shots not to mention other misplaced photos and her wrong pronunciations. Why does she say Numbats and Wombats aren't bats at all, No shot Sherlock, is it because she's never seen a bat? And Thorny Devils don't have sharp thorns, they're soft. I wish Joel would stop giving oxygen to ignorant Americans who set themselves up as authorities on all things Australian.
Did you notice that the map at the start of the video was Polish?
Joel, well done recalling the song Kookaburra sits in the old oak ( but no, it’s gum) tree.
Like I told Ryan on the other RUclips channel months ago, every time an American says “Eemoo” instead of the correct Eem-you, a cute little Australian Kelpie puppy dies.
I’m happy to let people from the US mispronounce emu since I’ve no intention of changing the way I say tomato! It’s a fruit from the Americas, so the way they say it is obviously correct, but the British pronunciation is so ingrained.
The Echidna is a monotreme, as is the platypus, and they have no other living relatives on mother earth. The cane toad 'record' is now broken with a recently caught (20/01/2023) female weighing in at 2.7 kg. *Note:* The quokka (Setonix brachyurus, /ˈkwɒkə/) is the happiest and cutest animal in Australia.
I would recommend reacting to the Aussie youtuber ididathing, he has a big backlog of content where he makes stupid contraptions, often involving native animals he finds in his yard, and really showcases some aussie slang, mindset, culture, and wildlife. He is hilarious and I thought you might enjoy his stuff. It is also much more authentic to Australia, as he is just doing his thing, rather than focussing entirely on the aussie parts. I thought it might be a cool perspective. Love the videos dude!
He's clearly not interested in videos made by locals that might actually have some knowledge of the subjects...
@@listey spot on,I think he is forever trying to ridicule Australians,we haven't had a six year old shoot their teacher!!!!
He sounds a jealous of anything non American to me.yeah,nah!!!🤣🤣🤣🤮🤮
Anything not American is Crazy to him.
@@louiserawle8999 if you don't like his content, RACK OFF!
Really enjoy your work Joel. I watch a number of RUclips reviewers, as quite a number review Australian content. You have a personality in front of the camera that is easy to watch with awesome communication. Keep up the good work.
Totally agree, about being very personable. I really enjoy your shows! All the best from the land down under.
Hi Joel.. I live in a national park where I am lucky to have seen and photographed a lot of the wonderful creatures.We have a family of Kookaburras that call in every day and one wil land on my lap and take some food from me.. Been within feet of a wombat who couldn't care less that I was there with my camera.. The Echidna is rather cute but are shy. We live beside a creek and have seen the wonderful platypus.. Wallabys feed in our yard all the time and the larger Roos are everywhere.I have never seen a Koala but Know they areround. The spotted Quoll is a frequent visitor to my daughter's property as they have chickens which Quoll find delicious evidently..We had a couple of Quolls in our house when we were renovating!! When cornered they are scared and show their vicious teeth!! Yes we have snakes, the Red bellied Black and the diamond python but the worst one is the Brown snake, very poisonous. One came up to our window and I was able to get a few photos of it. The birds are beautiful, and I spend a lot of my day taking photos of them. I am 76 yrs old and have terminal cancer so this place is my haven. I hope you get to see Australia at some stage of your life. It is such a beautiful country and people are friendly..Love all your comments and have been watching your videos for a couple of years now..Havean awesome 2023 all the best young man..
How lucky we are to have such beautiful animals to call our own Dale.
I’m so glad you get to have the experience of enjoying these incredible creatures especially because of what your going thru. What a beautiful honour it is.
Take care sending loads of love and strength Leisa Western Australia xxxxx
Ty Leisa, Feel privileged at this stage of my life.. :) Ty for your thoughts and reply. Take care..
@@dalebadman6700 Which National Park do you live near?
Hello MK8 I live in the Mt Royal National Park North east of Singleton NSW. Approximately 1 1/2 hrs drive from Singleton..
@@dalebadman6700 My nearest one is Namadgi National Park. I have yet to explore it.
I live in Australia and I saw an Eastern Brown Snake this afternoon on my walk. I don’t see many very often. It crossed the path and slithered off into grass and I walked past. It’s very docile unless you aggravate it. Beautiful ancient animal.
What suburb do you live in?
I had a similar experience with a Red Bellied Black Snake as a teen, while walking my dog at dusk. The snake just crossed the path, the dog was pulling me backwards as I was trying to get a better look 😅🤦♀ chaotic moment for sure lol
But yeah, they're all just trying to do their thing and go about their lives ❤
My cousin had a huge tiger snake fall on her whilst she was milking (one of the cows jostled the machinery and it had been on top). Not sure which of them was more startled!
They might just live in a small town and not a suburb?
I'm amazed this list didn't include the Quoka, arguably the absolute cutest Aussie animal. 💕
one of the Quoka smaller relatives is the common Potoroo there is a park just out side Adelaide forget what its called, they come out of hiding an sit at your feet so you can feed them so cute! ( special food you can buy small packs when you get a ticket )
cause it was american made and i dont mean the guy with headphones
I haven't seen a Quokka yet,can't wait to go to KI to meet the adorables 😚🥰
I am once again disappointed that the cassowary did not make the list
When I was about 7yrs old, my neighbour had to give up their pet Dingo, so I begged to my mum to have her. I live in SE Suburban Australia and bragged everytime someone asked☺️ RIP My Lala Bounts ❤️ She was domesticated, please don’t go looking for a wild dingo ❤️
On Rottnest Island, just off the coast of Perth, is a cute animal called the Quokka.
I noticed they never mention the cassowary,looks so prehistoric
The sugar glider is cute
Seen many thorny devils
Please can someone do an education program for American narrators and reactors on how to pronouce Australian names especially Emu = Eemyooo Goanna = Go-anna as in the girls name Kookaburra = Kook as in book and burra has a short sounding u as in bun. And he lives in the old GUM tree. Fun facts platypus and schidnas (there are 4 types) are related as they are monotremes, the only mammals that lay eggs. And the male platypus has a venomous spur on his back legs whican cause a painful injury but it wont kill you. However you'd be flat out seeing one in the wild let alone picking it up. Koalas (NOT a bear) and wombats are also related having a shared ancestor way way way back. Koalas evolved to ,live in trees and eat eucalyptus leaves and the females have backward facing pouches. Wombats also have backward facing pouches, are ground dwelling searching out vegetation to eat and live in burrows underground. They both have leathery spoon shaped noses and are kinda chunky. Dingos are NOT feral dogs and they have recently been confirmed as a species on their own not related to wolves or domestic dogs. And those little spotty furry creatures first up are known as Quolls not hairy tales. No disrespect but very annoying when these types of videos are pdoduced in America and arent really accurate. None of the info is that hard to research and cross check.EDIT And please note you can't have any native Australian animals unless you are granted a permit to be able to keep them for specific reasons. But never as pets We have huge problems with native animal smuggling so not a good idea to make those sorts of comments. EXCEPT (poor attempt at humour 😁) for huntsman spiders. If theyre in the house I'll name it and consider it a pet. I call them all Fluffy
yer my thought too, zero research, what they can't find out they invent, they can't tell it right and can't say it right, use stock photos and videos, making things sound like they're an authority on the subject, they think the rest of the world is dumb and because they're American you are duty bound to believe them, well we don't! the only American I will accept Knowledge from, has to have a lest 3 PhD's and a masters. Sorry Joel but those videos really stink! sorry but I just had to say it.
Yeah so much of this video triggered me 🤣🤣😠😠😡😡🤬🤬🤯🤯
Please, yes please.....this accent and pronounciation is killing me
Thanks for saying what I was thinking. It's annoying that people keep putting out incorrect information. I am not a streamer, so cannot do it. Surely there is a more informative video out there somewhere. Maybe Parks and Wildlife have something?
Hahaha my sister calls all their huntsman's Fred, although recently had to rethink one might be Frederica!! Expecting hundreds of babies any time now, possibly in 15yo nephews bedroom!!
We have a lot of unusual and unique animals, but some others they didn't mention that are very cute are the bilby (the Australian easter bunny, and an endangered animal), quokka, tawny frogmouth (which is actually in the nightjar family, despite looking a lot like an owl), fruit bat, and spotted quoll. You should check them out. 🙂
Fruit Bats! If they are flying over head at sunset after feeding all day and going back to their roost, then you better take cover under an umbrella, worse than a flock of seagulls and man are they smelly! hehe.
@@pv-mm2or I can imagine - I've seen the ground under trees they roost in and it's a mess lol. Also the disease that they carry is pretty nasty, if I recall correctly. All that being said, they have super cute faces, and there's that one channel where a woman rescues them and you can see them eating bananas and such. It's really sweet. 😊
Bandicoot to
@@paulheywood2116 Yes!
The kookaburra song i remember from the 70s was "kookaburra lives on electric wires, jumping up and down with it's balls on fire, laugh kookaburra laugh ...." 😂😂😂 11:54
Kookaburra's most of the time don't make their laughing sound to assert their territory, they actually do it to let the other Kookaburra's know that rain is on the way. They are our free weather report if you happen to have any live near by. I have a few near my house and they always laugh when rain is on the way. I don't really know where this person got most of their information from as the pronunciation of a lot of the animals names were quite off and a lot of crucial facts about them were also missed. Like the 'Goanna'/'Monitor Lizard' commonly goes by the name of the Komodo Dragon, that's how we all know it.
I don't know anyone who refers to goanna's as komodo dragon it's always goanna or monitor from where I am
Echidnas have the cutest waddle. They are gorgeous and smaller than you would think.
Joel I like your work because you are so respectful unlike a lot of other people from the US. When they produce this sort of material I really wish they would go to the trouble of checking pronunciations. I don't need to go into them because plenty of others already have. One thing about spiders is that no matter how big they are they still make a nice damp spot on the ground.
Goanna isn't actually a specific lizard, it's a name for a few different species of large lizards found here that look fairly similar, another name for them is monitor lizards.
When I seen the cane toad I started yelling "up the blues" 🤣💙
The kookaburra sits in the old gum tree..😉🇦🇺
Emu’s are also very curious birds, my grandfather kept three of them in the 50’s and they kept peering into peoples windows and scaring the daylights out of people.
So many very unique animals like the other various Possums, Dunnarts, Water Rats, Bandicoot, Quokka, Cassowary, Cockatoo, tiny Budgerigar, Galah and the very unique Tree Kangaroo. The Tree Kangaroo is very different than it's ground based cousins. Their feet are completely different and adapted for tree climbing like a monkey with a Kangaroo's body.
Basically we have too many for a short list
Wombats can and will charge you if startled. Its like a big sack of potatoes running through your shins at 35km per hour.
Koalas are also a bit psycho.
its Kookaburra sits in the old GUM tree, not oak tree
The numbat population made it onto the highly endangered species, and numbers were so low it was believed the species would be lost. We had huge numbers in the 1970s, but have been decimated by No1 cats (both feral and domestic) No2 dogs No3 loss of habitat due to over forestation of the Sth West No4 increased environmental destruction via increases in bushfires year to year - We have a fantastic programme at the Perth Zoo that's involved in our major breeding to reestablish the species programme. They had established several colonies from the young they had bred in captivity, and had set up "cat / dog / fox" proof fencing, but we had bad several severe bushfires in that area 2 summers ago, which I don't know if it effected the colonies or not. If any of you ever visit Perth, make sure to go visit the Perth Zoo noctural and numbat enclosures - some of the cutest animals in Australia are nocturnal (huge big eyes make them look adorable, especially the sugar gliders ) lol
The Cane Toads are an introduced species - there is a constant eradication process - they cause havoc across great areas of northern Australia.
"Kookaburra lives in the old *gum* tree. Merry, merry king of the bush is he..." haven't thought of that song in ages!
Echidna spikes are sharp.
There used to be a display in the museum in Brisbane (it's apparently gone now) of the dead bodies of a goanna that tried to eat an echidna and got the spikes straight through its mouth and head.
I really enjoyed that! nice to see your reactions to all these wonderful animals. Interesting to note the convergent evolution among many of them.
Hello Joel. I would have thought they would have made it a round twenty with the cassowary.
I have watched nature programmes about several of these. My favourites are quolls and Tasmanian devils, but you tend to get recommended to videos looking for the extinct Tasmanian tiger or thylacine on RUclips, then to sasquatch and stranger and stranger stuff.
The Cane Toad's largest size has recently been recorded as 14" and 15lbs.
Quokka is one of our cutest animals - tourists love them because they always look happy
Joel, watched quite a few a documentaries on sugar gliders. They are adorable and amazing animals. Imagine when they have cute little joeys in their marsupials. Unfortunately some people do have them as pets but they are wild animals that deserve to be in their natural habitat. I'd also suggest you look into cassowaries and cockatoos. You will be amazed the same way I was. On the other hand I am happy that I've only experienced some of that australian wildlife through the safety of a screen :)
Totally agree with comments, hey Joel, it’s kookaburra sits in the old gum tree, merry merry king of the bush is he, Laugh kookaburra and so on
Still loving learning about Australia! Great choice, Joel. John in Canada
G"DAY COBBER.
the echidna and the platypus are both from the same family, the only two Monotreme's left in the world. Where all other animals in the animal kingdom branched off after the dinosaurs to become their own separate single species, the Monotreme never did and actually is three species of animal all rolled into one. They are a Mammal, an Avian and a Reptile all neatly rolled up into one animal. They are quite literally another living Dinosaur that are quite possibly hundreds of thousands of years old.
"goana" as a collective refers to australian monitors, but is usually in reference to a sand monitor, the size comparisons for them in the video was basically like saying a shark can get from 30cm to 13metres but not referencing what species get to what size. some of our smallest monitors are varanus acanthurus - ackie monitors, can get to around 70cm but most of that is tail, on the other end we have the perentie an absolute beast getting up around 2.5metres.
back in the day , opposite the sugar cane mill. we launched cane toads off the front verandah with ur favourite golf club. they popped big time.
Hi there JPS, my name is Ross And I'm one of the many Aussies that follow your channel. I was watching one of your videos the other day when you were thinking about Sydney and Melbourne as possible places to visit. I live in Wollongong, which is about one and a half hours drive south of Sydney. We have the best beaches in the world down here. My favourites are; Austinmer and Thirroul. Also the view from Sublime Point, at the top of Bulli is simply breath taking. I love your videos and look forward to your next one.
You can hold an echidna gently in your hands because, unlike the porcupine, the spines aren't held loosely in the skin, and they have no barbs ... if you run over one, however, it could puncture a tyre, so they are very strong. If you come across one, it is amazing how quickly they can just sink into the ground, using their spade-like claws.
I have some good news for you. As an American, you can actually have a sugar glider as a pet. In Australia, we can't as there are laws preventing that, but there are sugar glider breeders in the US and it is apparently a growing industry there.
Oh, and echidna spikes don't hurt.
"knockoff kangaroo" 😂 in Australia we eat wallabies pretty often and often are in the filling of burritos(namely in Tasmania) . We also eat kangaroo pretty often too as they are easy to find at Woolworths and are really healthy and cheap.
bro really called an emu an 'emoo'
Sugar-gliders can be had as pets, just so you know. My cousins have one as a pet. They're really soft and fluffy...
Facts- because I'm annoyed whenever Americans do documentaries on Aussie animal and pronounce things wrong or make them seen different than what they are.
1. Koalas are not cuddly. they are absolutely terrifying in the wild and WILL hurt you. -_- (also another thing is they aren't bears, which wasn't mentioned but it's a common misconception.)
2. THAT ISN'T HOW YOU SAY EMU. the pronunciation is: Ee (tree, me, etc) - m - yue (you, true, clue, etc).
3. YES THE ECHIDNA QUILLS ARE INDEED SHARP T-T. (also they are so cute oml they always look like they are smiling.)
4. Please do some research on tassie devils, they are equally terrible and beautiful creatures, and also sad.
5. YOU WILL NOT BE SEEING A PLATYPUS! Prior to contrary belief they are not common, and they are SO EXTREMELY SHY. you have to look, sometimes for days, and sometimes documentary people can't even find them T-T. (also they are like, craaaazy venomous so even if you saw one, no. just no.) (do some research, they're hella cool.)
6. Wombats are pretty big, and have one hell of a bite due to their massive teeth, don't approach one, even if you do see it, while they might not, if they do get to your fingers, they caaaan bite them off -_- (it is not likely but they are pretty common so you maay see one but not anywhere near cities or anything.and yes, they are pretty chill)
7. THE KOOKABURRA. I HATE PEOPLE FOR THIS. Pronunciation: cook (took, book, etc) - a - buh (duh, etc) - ra (for you it may sound like: ruh or rah [we say them pretty much the same][duh, etc]).
8. You are far more likely to see a wallaby than you are to see a kangaroo, they are more common. (of course depending on the area, but going bushwalking would definitely be a wallaby.) Also the wallaby has multiple...species?...types?...lowkey braindead lmao.
9. While yes, sugar gliders are cute, they also hunt a critically endangered species of bird - swift parrots - which only has 17% successful nesting rate on mainland Tasmania. they are cute but also kinda terrible :(
10. PLEASE DO NOT GO UP TO A KANGAROO I BEG YOU T-T They can, and probably will, throw fists. They can kill you, while the last death via roo was almost a century ago (ik ik sounds fine), something that has almost definitely contributed to that is people nit being stupid. please dont be the kangaroo death toll refresh -_-.
Last thing, You aren't particularly likely to meet *most* of the animals on the list, with the exceptions of:
Just about anywhere: The Kookaburra.
If you are out bushwalking you may find: Wallabies, possibly echidnas (depending on where you are). Koalas (extremely unlikely), any of the various snakes we have (again, depending on location)
If you are in grassy fields that aren't *too* close to the city, you may/are possibly likely to find: Kangaroos.
If you are in grassy unkept fields out away from things you may see: wombats, or the more likely, wombat holes.
Unless you are at the zoo, you are unlikely to see: Emus, Tassie Devils (OBVIOUSLY DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU ARE), sugar gliders, Koalas
If you are at the zoo, you may also find from this list: Wombats, Kangaroos, Wallabies, Echidnas, and I have been writing for too long, and I will stop now.
Bye, Hope you found this helpful and not too boring :')
Bandicoot, ring tail possum, jabiru, spoon bill, the selection of murder birds (magpies and plovers) the lyre bird, satin bower birds. Just a little list.
You’ll never get to see a platypus in the wild, they’re very shy and nocturnal.
Australian here. Americans always pronounce the emu as "EE-moo," which s incorrect. The correct pronunciation is "EEM-you," where the "u" is pronounced completely.
As soon as the snake came up at the start of the video i felt the pain of 'what if theres a spider next' xD Love your videos mate!
Bandicoot is another one in cartoons. Also check out the lyrebird.
Any list of Australia’s animals that includes my favourite, quolls, is a good list, regardless of any pronunciation issues!
Feathertail gliders are adorable too, and so tiny they can fit on your hand. And I think you’d love cuscus, if you’ve not seen one. They’re a group of possums that look rather monkey like. I’m genuinely surprised tree kangaroos didn’t make the list, though you do find them, and cuscus, on New Guinea and other islands as well. But New Guinea has the other species of echidna, the long beaked echidna (ours is the short beaked), so …
Echidna spikes are definitely sharp, and used defensively. But they’re also very sweet and there’s no more delightful sight than an echidna determinedly waddling along. Wallabies are also often nice natured - quokkas are a type of wallaby - and they’re often able to be hand fed at some parks (with appropriate food pellets, of course).
I’m sorry to have to tell you though that wombats aren’t particularly chill, though that does depend on the species. They’re solid balls of muscle with claws that make their incisors look mild. Koalas only seem chill because they’re doped up on eucalyptus oil. Even though they’re evolved to live exclusively on certain types of eucalypts it’s still very hard to detoxify and digest and doesn’t yield much in the way of energy. Hence the sleeping a lot.
We had a Taipan in our toilet years ago. We had an outside toilet. Lol 💚
FYI. “Goanna” is the native Australian “aboriginal” name for the lizard. Their proper name is Lace Monitor, Water Monitor etc Only one species is referred to as a Goanna which is a Sand Goanna aka Goulds Monitor.
There is a comedy piece out there by an artist called Ostentatious, which is a very clever play on words based on Aussie place names. I reckon you would love to do a video based on this piece, it's called "Australiana".
You said you'd like a sugar glider as a pet. Please don't. Sugar gliders in pet shops in the USA have been bred from animals illegally smuggled out of Australia or from New Guinea. They are nocturnal and arboreal and need a peaceful spot during the day to sleep and a large area to explore at night. They are also gregarious and enjoy the company of their own kind. A sugar glider kept by itself will quickly decline. Enjoy them in zoos where they are cared for properly, or in the wild when you come to Australia. They are common in northern and eastern Australia, I have them in the trees along the river at the bottom of my garden, and sitting quietly at night under trees where they live will give you a good view.
Funny You Say "I hope there's no spiders" and we're hoping there are! LOL
You can pat echidnas if you run your hand away from its head, if you run your hand against the needles towards the head then you will probably cut your hand
CANE TOAD... Shows a picture of a green tree frog 🤣🤦♀️
I used to work near a major metropolitan river and there was a black swan that used to come and visit our lunch group. Everybody thought he was friendly but I reckon he was just waiting for the right time to muscle in and steal our food!Tbh, I’ve never met a friendly black swan 🤷♀️😂
I used to work at a zoo so have been up close and personal with most of these animals. They’re pretty fricking amazing 😁
I used to hunt Koalas cos they were so easy to shoot they just stay still and you just blow them out of the tree........😋
The thorny devils spines are soft as velvet. It all decoration. They are very gentle animals.
The illegal pet trade/wildlife trade is a huge problem for sugar gliders due to how easy they are to collect in large numbers from the wild and poor breeding conditions on the "farms". Also, they are actually really hard to keep healthy in captivity and are prone to respiratory illness. Please do not say you would keep something as a pet simply because it's cute, that's how issues like this begin.
Echidna spikes do hurt but, more importantly, never drive over an echidna dead or alive. You'll have to sit there with long-nosed pliers removing the spines from your tyres before any tyre shop will fix the tyre for you.
I've never herd a wallaby's being called knock off kangaroo 🤣🤣🤣🦘🇦🇺👍
Side note: it is illegal to own native animals as pets in Australia without a special licence. Generally rehabilitation is preferred, but you do get animals which cannot be released.
If your small dog runs into a wombat burrow, and the wombat is at home, it can crush the dog by pressing it against the top of the burrow. They look cute and cuddly, but can be quite fierce if provoked.
they missed the quokka, cutest ever. Goanna is a hard g as in going, kookaburra is cook-uh-bur-rah, not kook.
Western red kangaroo, Eastern grey kangaroo, and others. Tree kangaroo, rock wallaby, wallabys, potteroos, walleroos, pademelons, - many, many
I have 7 sugar gliders and they are adorable. They are quite popular in America too.
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Somebody probably already mentioned this, but Echidnas are not mammals - they're monotremes, and one of only two animals in the world that are (the other being platypus). Monotremes have remained unchanged for tens of thousands of years as they have no other ancestors (evolutionary branches) for that long. Monotremes lay eggs, but also produce milk like mammals.
first i think. all of our animals are so weird and some are terrifying. love your videos man
“Quolls measure 29 inches or 75 metres 4:19 at the most.” Yep. Another factually correct USA video on Australia 😂
The Dingo genus is known,they are closely related to the New Guinea Singing Dog which are slightly smaller but are the same in colour and look. The leading theory is that they were the same species and evolved differently once New Guinea and Northern Australia seperated. They have common genetic markers.
There is a population of wild wallabies in Staffordshire, England
Wallabies are also shown in cartoons. Mainly the one wallaby character people think of is Rocko 😆
And Rocko is definitely not a kangaroo, keep hating the fact people that people think that everytime
I live a 1 minute drive from the town centre (50 k ppl) here in Oz and I've have an echidna, blue tongue lizards and kangaroos in my front yard.
We also have black swabs here too
There's a butcher bird family around my yard so I get to hear the baby practising its songs on my verandah and it loves watching my dogs play fetch.
My daughter just spent a week on an island off qld infested with the closest relative of the box jellyfish. 5 kids were airlifted to hospital in the time that she was there. That same island has a growing population of an equally poisonous aquatic creature called the stone fish.
Btw -The platypus has poisonous barbs on their back feet/ flippers.
BTW the Kookoburra sits in the old GUM tree!!! What Eucalyptus trees are called because of their sap!
Shocked the cassowary wasn’t on the list. It’s basically a velociraptor with feathers and a ridge down the top of its head. They’re absolutely savage and should be avoided at all costs. They have claws that resemble the velociraptor’s enormous claw specially designed for gutting and apart from pecking with their razor sharp beak, that’s what they do to attack. They’re extremely territorial as well and have killed people.
I have seen many black swans at lake wendorre, Ballarat, Victoria
If I remember right:
Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Merry, merry king of the bush is he
Laugh Kookaburra, laugh Kookaburra
Gay your life must be
Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Eating all the gumnuts he can see
Stop Kookaburra, stop kookaburra
Leave some there for me
And then our (my brothers and I) parody verse we heard and parroted as silly kids:
Kookaburra sits on the electric wire
Jumping up and down with his pants on fire
Ouch Kookaburra! Ouch Kookaburra
How hot your tail must be.
I could be wrong with the actual verses... I've only ever heard it by ear from other people remembering it lol
Ok so kingfishers and kookaburras are totally different birds, emus are taller but cassowarys are heavier so depends how youre measuring as to whats bigger
There are three species of wombats: The common wombat (Vombatus ursinus), the Southern hairy-nosed wombat(Lasiorhinus latifrons), and the Northern Hairy-Nosed Wombat. Wombats can be very heavy and they are built like a tank they have square poo.💩Their fur can be very wiring I knew someone who had a wombat and it was very friendly it loves belly rubs. Koalas are not typically dangerous, but could become aggressive if cornered or threatened.
I saw Pretty Faced Wallabies in Queensland. They are well named. Lovely animals
You can see videos on them flying from branch to branch
They are miniscule and possibly our most cutest animal. There are other gliders - the Greater Glider, which is threatened.
There is a pair of sugar gliders on a beautiful old ghost gum along the Murray - won't disclose details.
Forgot to mention the Cassawary and Quokka.
Spiders - there are 2 dangerous spiders here. The red-back is quite small, black and with a red stripe on its back. The bite can be fatal, but an antivenene was developed many years ago.
The really dangerous spider is the funnel web. There is an effective anti-venene but that needs to be administered pretty quickly. The anti-venene is produced from the venom, and so there's a demand for spiders which are then milked for the venom. We live on Sydneys's Upper North Shore, a happy home for the spiders. We will catch one maybe a couple of times through a summer. Catching is not that hard - you get an open peanut butter jar (don't worry if it was used for jam or something else) creep up on the spider and place the jar over it. Punch a few air-holes in the lid, then slide a firm piece of cardboard under the trapped spider. Taking great care and wearing heavy gardening gloves, invert the jar, catching the spider inside. Screw the lid on tightly and head off to the emergency ward of the nearest public hospital. Every few days, staff from a laboratory about 30 km north from us will do the rounds of hospitals and collect the spiders. They're milked of the venom which is used to make the anti-venene. Since that became available 40 or so years ago, there have been no recorded deaths. These spiders seem to like water and there are quite a few reports of their being in pool skimmers, as well as cleaners.
Is the narrator from Mars or has she just taken a toke of Nitrous ? :)
The platypus is a monotreme and it only has one "output" opening in its body called a cloaca
This is going to be a great educational experience on a Sunday.
They are pronounced Emu (EMYou) not Emoo
Another thing to note about koalas is that based on internet statistics around 60 to 90% of them have chlamydia
Koalas "sleep up to 20 hrs a day". They sound no different to my Aussie grandsons during school holidays !
2:23 29.5 inches or 75 METRES? That would be a monster of an animal