Look at the pictures and match with descriptions below.

Look at the pictures and match with descriptions below.

1. When it's threatened, it rolls into a spine ball. A kind of a hedgehog. ______________

2. The large Australian bird that cannot fly. A smaller version of an ostrich. ____________

3. The Australian wild dog, which came from Asia 5000 years ago. ______________

4. The feathery bird with a hooked bill. A relative of a parrot. ______________

5. The bird with a same name as a fruit. It cannot fly. ______________

6. All people think wrong that it's a bear. It is a marsupial! It mostly sleeps. ____________

7. The babies are called joeys. It's the symbol of Australia too. ______________

8. It glides from tree to tree on the islands. The smallest marsupial. ______________

9. There are different types: Siberian, Bengal, Malayan, Sumatran… ______________

10. It digs tunnels with its short legs. It's also called Buldozer of the Bush. _____________

11. It is smaller and closely related to kangaroos. ______________

12. The small, rabbit-ears marsupian. ______________

13. The duck-billed animal which lays eggs. It lives in rivers and lakes. ______________

14. The night animal; it likes dead animals' meat; not related to satan. ______________

15. When it sings it sounds like a human laughter. ______________

16. The lizard which gets a huge neck frill when wants to show of. ______________

17. The Australian native cat and it rhymes with troll. ______________

18. Its tongue is not red and it's a lizard. ______________

ANSWER KEY:

1. When it's threatened, it rolls into a spine ball. A kind of a hedgehog. ECHIDNA

2. The large Australian bird that cannot fly. A smaller version of an ostrich. EMU

3. The Australian wild dog, which came from Asia 5000 years ago. DINGO

4. The feathery bird with a hooked bill. A relative of a parrot. COCKATOO

5. The bird with a same name as a fruit. It cannot fly. KIWI

6. All people think wrong that it's a bear. It is a marsupial! It mostly sleeps. KOALA

7. The babies are called joeys. It's the symbol of Australia too. KANGAROO

8. It glides from tree to tree on the islands. The smallest marsupial. SUGAR GLIDER

9. There are different types: Siberian, Bengal, Malayan, Sumatran… TASMANIAN TIGER

10. It digs tunnels with its short legs. It's also called Buldozer of the Bush. WOMBAT

11. It is smaller and closely related to kangaroos. WALLABY

12. The small, rabbit-ears marsupian. BILBY

13. The duck-billed animal which lays eggs. It lives in rivers and lakes. PLATYPUS

14. The night animal; it likes dead animals' meat; not related to satan. TASMANIAN DEVIL

15. When it sings it sounds like a human laughter. KOOKABURRA

16. The lizard which gets a huge neck frill when wants to show of. FRILLED LIZARD

17. The Australian native cat and it rhymes with troll. QUOLL

18. Its tongue is not red and it's a lizard. BLUE-TONGUED SKINK / LIZARD