More postcards from Australia... I thought some lesser known Australians should get a jersey today... Rock Wallaby...There are 16 species of Rock Wallaby...they are born and live on rock outcrops, jumping from rock to rock... Quolls...Australia has 6 species of Quoll... Quokkas...they are the happiest animal in the world...Where they evolved there were no predators, so if you sit down, they willl come over and say hello (curious). Sugar Gliders...Aww cuties...Not all animals want to kill you... Gang Gangs... Major Mitchell's Cockatoo... Rosellas... Some birds of Paradise...
Frill necked lizard...Don't stand still next to these guys...they will think you are a tree and run straight up you... Fruit bats...also known as flying foxes... I'll finish today with one of my favourite Aussies...the Bilby
Just depends…you never go out of your way to bother any wildlife…In Australia we wait for them to come to us, whether you like it or not…So if a roo, or an emu, or goanna, or kookaburra turns up at your tent, car, house or whatever, you can feed them, so long as you know what they eat. If you don’t know, then don’t feed them something that might make them sick. Generally though, the rule is not to feed them…it only encourages unnatural behaviour, and they will bother people for food because it’s an easy way…They don’t have manners either : )
"Lieutenant Colonel Louis Houck of the 365th Fighter Group wearing a flying helmet with devil horns in the cockpit of his P-47 Thunderbolt" https://twitter.com/OpWALBEA/status/1498663360400867330?s=20&t=ZBFCta9duBx4BhnTGNdIMA UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCES (USAAF) IN BRITAIN, 1942-1945
I usually see them at night...their flapping wings are what you hear first and then you see a black silhouette against a grey background... You can see in this pick why they are also called flying foxes...
In case anyone is wondering "Barbara Gordon" was Batgirl. The Bronx Zoo rescued a baby flying fox and nursed it along until it could take a place in the colony there.