Tasmanian devil

The Tasmanian Devil is a marsupial (mammal with a pouch) found only on the wilds in an island called Tasmania. It is carnivorous. It is an endangered animal which used to be found in Australia. It is of the size of a small dog.

Food

The Tasmanian Devil has a very strong bite, strong enough to break bones because it likes to eat bone marrow (a substance that creates red blood cells). It is a scavenger. It eats garbage, carrion, and meat. Despite its appearance, it is very fast, it can swim and even climb trees.

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Duck billed platypus

The duck billed platypus is a species of mammal. It lives in the forests of Australia. A very interesting fact about them is that they are one of the very few mammals to lay eggs! The males have a spike on their hind limb which produces venom. When underwater, it senses its pray using electrolocation. It has thousands of electroreceptors on its body to detect tiny electrical pulses set of by living beings. Another creature which is well-known to use electrolocation is the shark.

Food

The duck billed platypus likes to eat crayfish. Its diet also consists of frogs, fish, insects which fall into the water, spiders, freshwater mussels, etc. A duck billed platypus has to eat 1/3 to 1/2 of its body weight each day.

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Rain

The day was so grey,

All I could say is that it is a horrible day.

When I was going to school, it started to rain,

I fell down and cried in pain.

I couldn't see a thing because it was so foggy,

I shouted and shouted very sadly.

All my cries were in vain,

Oh, why did it even start to rain

A clock

In our house is a clock so old,

It must be worth a block of gold.

I love to hear it go tick,

The clearest tick I cannot pick.

When it breaks its so distracting,

One of the times it broke was when I was batting.

In the clock is a coo-coo with a nose so long,

When it comes out, it sings a little song.

Lyrebirds

The Lyrebird is a subspecies of bird that is mostly native to Australia. Lyrebirds are amazing for their ability to mimic sounds from its surroundings, including those that are man-made. In the below video, you can see a Lyrebird showing off his ability to imitate several other bird species along with a camera shutter, car alarm and even a chainsaw. They are very shy, that is why people don't know much about them. They are mostly ground dwelling, though they can fly if they need to.

Habitat

The lyrebird is found in many rain forests in Australia. You can also find lyrebirds in national parks in Australia. During mating, the females create an open area mound in dense bush, on which they dance and sing for mates. The female makes an untidy nest, which is usually low to the ground in a moist gully, where she lays a single egg. She is the only parent, who incubates the egg over 50 days until it hatches. She is also the only protector of the chick when it hatches.

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Honey badgers

Honey badgers are a species of badger (obviously). They are also known as the Ratel. As they are closely related to skunks, they can also produce the stench known for skunks. The stench is a foul smelling liquid
that is sprayed out of a gland under it's tail. Honey badgers are very tough animals. They are so tough that
even lions are scared of them. They live in Africa, Southwest Asia, and India.

Diet

Honey badgers love bee honey, thus giving them their name. They often go in search of hives to get it.

Once they find a hive, they spray a foul smelling liquid into the hive to fend the bees off. Then they eat 

their hard earned treat. Their diet further consists of insects, eggs, snakes, rodents, birds and many 

more. They also eat berries, roots and bulbs. Honey badgers hunt rodents such as gerbils by digging 

them out of their burrows.

Symbiotic Relationship With Honey Guide Bird

Honey badgers are known to have a symbiotic relationship with Honey guide birds in which, the bird is supposed to guide the badger to find the bee hives, and the badger shares the hive with the bird. Even though the wikipedia page dismisses this belief, I found a video that proves otherwise, see this for yourself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t_vXWgoWdc

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Coconut crabs

Coconut crabs are a species of terrestrial hermit crab. They are also called robber crabs or palm thieves. They are the strongest and the biggest of all the arachnids. They measure three feet across.  They are also very intelligent.  Coconut crabs are usually blue but they can be red or orange.

They use their claws to rip off strips of the husk and expose the inner hard shell. They then grab the coconut, climb up a tree, and drop it down to break it open and expose the white flesh inside. The stronger adults can crack them directly. Coconut crabs are also scavengers and known to steal food.

They have a keen sense of smell. They can detect vibrations under the ground, just like snakes. They don't see very well. Coconut crabs are usually nocturnal. During the day the crabs hide in burrows or crevices.

Here is the wikipedia article about them: link