Land Dwelling Animals

Insects

  • Virtually absent from sea and estuaries
  • Quiet common in freshwaters and on the land and in the air around them
  • The young of some species live their lives entirely in the water

Dragonfly

  • Have been on earth for more than 300 million years, since before dinosaurs appeared
  • Can travel up to 60km per hour
  • One of the most efficient aerial predators in the whole world

Huntsman

  • One most commonly found in houses, where it hunts at night on walls and ceilings for insects
  • In the bush, it can be found sheltering during the day beneath the loose bark of Eucalypts


Tiger Snake

  • Reptile
  • Feeds mainly on smaller mammals and birds
  • Will also eat other vertebrates including lizards, smaller snakes, frogs and occasionally fish
  • It will not bite unless provoked, but when it does it is dangerously venomous

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