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Australia is the only country in the world that’s also a continent and not many people know that Australia was used by the British, after they claimed the eastern half in 1770, to harbor convicted criminals, thus establishing a penal colony.

Australia is well known for its biodiversity covering a diverse range of habitats from deserts to alpine heaths and tropical rainforest.

In these lands there are many strange and unique animals like the ones presented below:

The Platypus is a semi-aquatic mammal with a very bizarre appearance. The Platypus looks like it’s made in a factory with bits and pieces from another animals like ducks, otters, beavers. The platypus and the echidna are the only mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth.
The male Platypus has a poisonous spur on the hind foot that can cause severe pain to humans.

The Lyrebird is very unique bird by the fact that it has a extraordinary ability to mimic natural and artificial sounds from their environment.

The Lyrebird male reproduces the sounds of the birds it hears, but also artificial sounds like a camera shutter or a forrest chainsaw.

The Inland Taipan or Fierce Snake it’s known as having the most potent venom from all terrestrial snakes.It’s venom is so strong, that with the quantity from a single bite, it can kill over 100 human adults, or over 250,000 mice.

The Tasmanian Devil is a carnivorous marsupial now found in the wild only in the Australian island state of Tasmania.

A 10 kg Tasmanian Devil is able to exert the same biting force as a 40kg dog. It can also eat almost a third of its body weight in a single feeding.

Since the late 1990’s, Tasmanian Devils population has decreased significantly due to DFTD (Devil Facial Tumor Disease).

The funnel-web spider is considered by some to be the most deadly spider in the world. It’s the only spider that has killed people within 2 hours. Its fangs are powerful enough to bite through gloves. The only animals that aren’t imune to its venom are the monkeys and humans.

The Queensland Lungfish, also known as barramunda is a living fossil from the Triassic period, 350 million years ago. The Lungfish uses its gills for respiration, but can also take oxygen from air in poor quality water or during the summer when the temperatures are high.

The Lungfish grows to about 150 cm, more commonly reaching 100 cm in length.