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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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Australian Magpie
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/australian-magpie/Magies are one of Australia's most highly-regarded songbirds. They have a wide varierty of calls, many of which are complex, and their pitch may vary over up to four octaves.
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Dugite, Pseudonaja affinis
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/reptiles/dugite/Well-known to south-western WA residents, the Dugite has made itself at home around urban and semi-rural areas, drawn to the prevalence of its favoured prey – the house mouse.
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Collett’s Snake
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/reptiles/colletts-snake/One of the most spectacularly-coloured snakes in Australia, the Collett’s Snake is a shy and rarely seen inhabitant of Queensland’s black soil plains.
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Estuarine Crocodile
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/reptiles/estuarine-crocodile/Estuarine Crocodile, Crocodylus porosus
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Yellow-bellied Sea Snake
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/reptiles/yellow-bellied-sea-snake/The Yellow-bellied Sea Snake has the distinction of being the most widely ranging snake in the world, as well as the most aquatic, never having to set scale on land or sea floor its entire pelagic life.
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