Yesterday I took the subway from St. James to Circular Quay, and the ferry from Circular Quay to Toronga Zoo. Don't lose your ticket, if you buy a round trip you'll need your ticket to get out!
I did the Wild Australia Tour, and I would highly recommend it! For me it was more about the echidnas and the nocturnal animals, as I had already been close up with both kangaroos and koalas. I don't think I've ever touched anything softer than a yellow bellied glider!
Echidnas are monotremes — egg-laying mammals. The platypus is the only other monotreme. I saw a platypus swimming today — boy they can move! The hind feet of echidnas point backwards. And I got to "pet" one! This adorable guy knows there's something good in that pipe!
I also had a chance to visit with a quoll while the other folks were getting their koala pictures. The keepers who lead these tours know individual animals and their likes and dislikes. Alex the quoll will pass on food for a good a chin rub!
There were some free range kookaburras ...
And check out the guns on this male red kangaroo! Red kangaroos are the largest living marsupial. The hand in the picture belongs to the keeper!
As usual a click will get you closer.
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
Of Echidnas & Quolls ...
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Boxing kangaroo!
This all looks so incredible! I've been tracking your trek on my phone and loving it!
Love all your pictures of animals that you have posted! The Echnida...or whatever it's called looks somewhat like a hedgehog. (at least from what I have seen in pictures!)
ECHIDNA!
Amazing names, amazing creatures! That kangaroo has an enviably muscular upper body, I am going to visualize that as I do some serious gym workouts post-70.3....
Okay, three things:
1. Despite the quills (which look so intriguing interspersed with fur), the picture of that echidna makes me wanna snuggle him! His stance is so endearing!
2. Do male red kangaroos float like butterflies and sting like...a male red kangaroo? Holy cow! Those aren't guns, they're cannons!
3. Something about the phrase "free range kookaburras" just makes me want to fall out of my chair giggling.
Yeah, free range kookaburra; does that mean they eat the eggs like chickens'?
Oh my goodness, an echidna! I love him! :)
Wow, I've never heard of or seen a Echnida before -- very cool! And so many other wonderful creatures. How fun!!
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