Going native

All of these are from Koala Park in West Pennant Hills, abotu 20 km out of Sydney.

Look, an awake koala (awwww):


The usual state of a koala (sleeping 20+ hours per day):



The crowd pleaser, feeding the 'roos:



What do they eat you ask? Cheerios. I kid you not. I think the premise is, if you buy a kid some kangaroo food, and they decide to try it themselves, no one is worse for the wear.

Moving on to more interesting things, like results of nuclear experiment induced mutations. Part one looks like a cross between a kiwi bird and a porcupine (part 2 is a platypus, which is a cross between a duck and a beaver, not pictured here).



That is an Echidna. E-what? Echidna.

Oh, and how's that for a chicken?



I would NOT want to mess with that chicken. That chicken looks like it preys on small animals, like kangaroos or something.

Come to Australia...where you just might get eaten by a chicken :)