Camera Critters Saturday

Spider Alert!
I spotted this creature while walking the dog the other week.

Camera Critters Saturday

Not too far away from my place is a pond with heaps of ducks. As soon as I parked the car they all waddled up to me looking for a feed. After they realised that I was not there to feed them they all went back to the water. When the next car pulled up, out of the water they came again....

Camera Critters Saturday

I found a few cows to photograph last week. They were quite curious about having their padock invaded by someone with a camera.

Camera Critters Saturday

These polar bears were taken at Sea World on the Gold Coast, Australia. There are usually three bears but only one was out at the time. He looked like he was having fun.

Camera Critters Saturday

I took these tigers at Australia Zoo.

Umm... I see lunch
I'm coming to get you

Swim time

Camera Critters Saturday

This weeks Critter pics were taken at Australia Zoo on a visit only months before Steve Irwin died. The family had a friend visiting from England so we drove up for the day. Australia Zoo is located just over an hour north of Brisbane. I will have more zoo animals next week.

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Camera Critters Saturday

This weeks Camera Critter pics are Koalas taken at Australia Zoo, the home of the late Steve Irwin.

The koala is Australia's favourite marsupial. It gets it name from an Aboriginal word meaning 'no drink'. 90% of its hydration comes from it's diet of Eucalyptus leave (or gum leaves). It only drinks when ill or when leaves are too dry eg. drought. There are hundreds of varieties of Eucalypt trees but the koala preferrs to only eat from about 10 varieties. Due to their poor low-energy diet koalas have a low-energy lifestyle and sleep for up to 20 hours a day, much like a cat. A baby koala (joey) will remain in their mothers pouch until they are about 22 weeks old when they will take their first look at the outside world. Between 22-36 weeks they spend more and more time out of the pouch until they can no longer fit back in. They are weaned at about 12 months old and become totally independant at about 18 months.