Australia's deserts may look like a Martian Landscape but we have something Mars does not. Critters. There are approximately 1.3 million feral Camels in Central Australia. Australia may now have the largest wild population of Arabian camels in the world. They live in most of Australia’s desert country including the Great Sandy, Gibson, Great Victoria and Simpson deserts, as well as much of the semi-desert lands. Camels were first introduced into Australia in the 1840’s to assist in the exploration of inland Australia. [image deleted]Thorny Devil. Moloch Horridus
Bilby, or Rabbit eared Bandicoot
Sand Monitor, up to 5 feet long
Frill Necked Lizard, Karaoke extraordinaire.
Dingo, Vulnerable to extinction, most dingoes now are not pure, but hybrids. As few as 10% of the population can be classified as "Pure"
Yellow Footed Rock Wallaby.
Emus, approximately 700,000 in number. He can't fly but I'm telling you, he can run the pants off a Kangaroo.
Budgerigars, known to congregate in "Chatters" of up to 80,000
The ocean is a desert with its life underground And a perfect disguise all above Under the cities lies a heart made of ground But the humans will give no love
the Thorny Devil looks very similar to our horned lizards (We call em Horny Toads)…and then there’s the budgies, love those little birds….but I don’t know what I’d do if I saw a flock as big as that one in the photo. Sometimes a pet budgie will escape and they will usually end up hanging with a flock of small sparrows…doubt that they survive the winters here but they might.
