Australian Animals By Picture

I've always had to describe the cassowary to my foreign friends as 'if you cross an emu with a peacock'. My language is usually a little more colourful, but they always understand. A French friend didn't believe me when I told him to stay away from the cassowary - until the bird broke his camera and cut his arm. Boy can run! LOL.

100%. Too easy. Being Australian helps, I guess. :-D

I'm under the impression it's spelled "Perentie". I could be wrong though.

I couldn't remember the name for wombat; I kept thinking wallaby. Shouldn't irukandji be accepted for the box jellyfish?

I thought that too for the irukandji.

Doesn't irukandji just refer to the species of box jelly that's no bigger than the end of your little finger?

We do! We have 23 different species of possums in Australia!

100% in less than sixty seconds, but being Australian helps. The only one that had me scratching my head for five seconds was the quokka.

the last one looks very much like a lace monitor

Never heard of a Perentie.

You have got to give it to our friends down in Australia, they have some wonderfully unique, fierce animals on their continent.

:( I thought the quokka was a wallaby, turns out its a SHORT TAILED wallaby :/