They live in open grasslands or mountainous areas. Wombat is a strange looking animal native to Southeastern Australia.To detect the underground prey like ants or termites, echidnas use their keen sense of smell.Instead of nipples like other mammals, echidnas have special glands in their pouches that produce milk.The platypus is another egg laying mammal in the world. Echidnas are among the only two existing egg laying mammals called monotremes.Echidnas are also known as spiny anteater because they have sticky, long tongue like an anteater and they use it to catch ants and termites.When sensing the danger from predators like dingoes, feral cats or red foxes, the echidnas will curl into a ball like a shape and expose their long spines.Echidnas measure only 13-17.5 inches in length and up to 6 kg in weight.Echidnas are also known for their long snout. These long spines help the echidnas to defend against the predators. The spines of echidnas are actually modified hair made of keratin. Their small body is covered with both fur and spines. Echidna is a small primitive found mainly in Australia.Black swans eat plants, aquatic plants, grasses and grains.After breeding season, black swans undergo molting and it will over a month for the regrowth.They lay 4-7 eggs in the breeding seasons and incubate them for 30-45 days. During his period, they built nest using grasses and weeds. Black swans breed between February and September.

On flight, the black swans will make ‘V’ like formation.

The wingspan of black swans measure between 1.5 m and 2 m.

The large black swans have a length between 1m and 1.4 m and weigh up to 9 kg.

As the name suggest its body is almost black with white wingtips.

The black swans are large waterbirds that mainly found in wetlands and freshwaters in Southern Australia.

Unique australian animals