Kangaroo Island

My project goes about Kangaroo Island. Kangaroo Island is an island in the Southern Ocean. Now I’m going to tell you something about the island. Kangaroo Island Kangaroo Island is one of the largest islands of Australia. The island is located 70 miles south-west of Adelaide. That’s an Austalian city. The people on the island speak the Austrailian Slang. It’s like Englisch, but then with lots of Australian words. There are also a lot of animals on Kangaroo Island. You have kangaroos of course, but also many birds and wildlife. Kangaroo Island wildlife There are much reasons why you can see at Kangaroo Island the wildlife in its natural habitat. More than a half of the Island is protected, including five Wilderness Protection Areas. It is therefore not surprising that there is abundant wildlife, much of which is uncommon or extinct on mainland Australia. Even the casual visitor will see many wildlife species throughout the Island, particularly if two points are remembered: most of our mammals are nocturnal; wild animals also frighten easily and are most successfully observed (and least stressed) from a distance, so as not to interrupt their natural behaviour. The Kangaroo Island Kangaroo, Tammar Wallaby, Brushtail Possum, Short Beaked Echidna, Southern Brown Bandicoot, Western and Little Pygmy Possum, endemic Sooty Dunnart, Bush and Swamp Rat, six bat species, six frog species, Rosenberg's Sand Goanna, Black Tiger Snake, the Koala, Platypus and Ring Tail Possum. The Kangaroo Island Kangaroo, a sub-species of the Western Grey Kangaroo is smaller, darker and has longer fur than the mainland species. It shelters in the bush during the day, coming out to graze as dusk approaches. Areas where bush and pasture adjoin make ideal places to observe them. At Flinders Chase National Park, a few extremely docile kangaroos can usually be seen around the Headquarters area, even though feeding is no longer allowed. The Tammar Wallaby, with smaller and finer features than the Kangaroo, are abundant on the Island. By comparison, mainland populations are extinct in South-eastern Australia with a small remnant population in Western Australia. Wallabies are frequently seen at night along the roads, where they are easily confused by vehicle lights. Only cautious and attentive driving will prevent damage to the wildlife and vehicles. Rosenberg's Sand Goanna, a reptile up to one metre in length, is a predator of smaller reptiles, young birds and eggs. It is often seen on warm days scavenging on dead animals along the roads. The Echidna (Spiny Anteater) is an unusual egg-laying mammal. Sightings are unpredictable, but if seen watch quietly and you might see it searching and digging for ants and termites, or even licking up ants with its sticky tongue. Many marine mammals are found along the Island's 450km of largely undeveloped coastline. The Australian Sea Lion spends as much time on land as at sea. They can be seen, by guided tour, at the sandy beach at Seal Bay. About 6000 New Zealand Fur Seals live and breed around Cape du Couedic. They breed in summer and can be seen energetically interacting in and around Admiral's Arch in the Flinders Chase National Park. While the introduced Platypus is only seen in Flinders Chase by the patient and dedicated, Koalas are now widespread. They number around 5000 and are found wherever their favoured food trees - the big gums of the river systems - are located. Not native to Kangaroo Island, Koalas are now devastating, through overeating, these eucalypts. Their entire diet consists of the mildly toxic eucalypt leaves. The lengthy digestive process and the low nutrients gained from this diet means the Koala has little energy and needs to sleep for about nineteen hours a day.