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Dingo
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/mammals/dingo/The Dingo is Australia's wild dog. It is an ancient breed of domestic dog that was introduced to Australia, probably by Asian seafarers, about 4,000 years ago. Its origins have been traced back to early breeds of domestic dogs in south east Asia.
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Bare-nosed Wombat
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/mammals/bare-nosed-wombat/Wombats are amongst the world’s largest burrowing animals. They are equipped with powerful limbs, short broad feet and flattened claws. Wombats are primarily grazers and their continuously growing incisors work as efficient cutters of grass and forbs.
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Cane Toad
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/frogs/cane-toad/The Cane Toad is tough and adaptable, as well as being poisonous throughout its life cycle, and has few predators in Australia.
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Common Lionfish
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/common-lionfish-pterois-volitans/Common Lionfish, Pterois volitans
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Blue-lined Octopus
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/molluscs/blue-lined-octopus/Blue-lined Octopus - Hapalochlaena fasciata (Hoyle, 1886)
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Bluebottle
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/jellyfish/bluebottle/The Bluebottle is a common species that often gets washed up onto Sydney beaches in the summer time.
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Box Jellyfish
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/jellyfish/boxjellyfish/The box jellyfish is a large and transparent sea jelly with a box-shaped bell and up to 60 tentacles in four clumps along the base of the bell.
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Giant Centipede
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/centipedes/giant-centipede/Giant Centipede, Ethmostigmus rubripes
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