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3 unusual facts about fauna of Australia


Buzz pollination

In Australia, as bumblebees are not native, and Australia has a number of widely publicised environmental disasters caused by escaped introduced species ("feral species"), research is under way to adapt the use of the Australian native, Blue Banded Bees, for the same task.

Emu Heights, New South Wales

Clissold Park is host to great diversity of Australia's fauna and flora and features basketball, netball and children's playground facilities.

Totally Wild

It has the format of a news program, and does stories on topics such as Australia's native flora and fauna, action sports, the environment, science, and technology.


David Fleay Wildlife Park

Established by Australian naturalist David Fleay in 1952, the Park today is home to many native animals, which are displayed in surroundings similar to their natural habitats.

Georgina Sweet

Her early research was supervised by Baldwin Spencer and was on Australian fauna, but her later studies were based in the veterinary department working on parasites.


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