Saturday, May 8, 2010

Australia Zoo Sunshine Coast

 AUSTRALIA ZOO
Australia Zoo is turning 40,  Steve Irwin's dream - come check out the size of it!
A team of passionate conservationists work round-the-clock to deliver an animal experience like no other. Cuddle a koala, hand-feed our Asian Elephants, walk with a Sumatran Tiger and watch a crocodile launch from the waters edge. Australia Zoo is the ultimate wildlife adventure delivering conservation through exciting education.
                                   
Dean Geyer and The Veronicas with Lenka After their Performance
Jessica Mauboy at the Zoo
       

Red Panda
  • In April 2009, Australia Zoo welcomed two Red Pandas. Red Pandas are a shy solitary animal that are generally active at dusk, dawn and during the night. They are arboreal and will sleep in nests in hollows of trees and in the tree canopies.
  • The Red Panda is found throughout the foothills of the Himalayan Mountains, from western Nepal to Northern Myanmar and South western china. They prefer to reside in altitudes between 5,000 and 15,000 feet on steep mountainous slopes that are covered with a dense canopy and mixed forests of coniferous trees, deciduous hardwoods and bamboo. The average temperature ranges between 10–25 degrees Celsius
    TASMANIAN DEVILS 
    • Tasmanian Devils are the largest living carnivorous marsupial (Dasyurid) in Australia. They have sharp powerful claws and a backward facing pouch. Each devil has distinctive white markings on their chest, which can be used like a fingerprint to identify individuals.
    • Tasmanian Devils are disappearing at alarming rate - they need our help to survive.As little as ten years ago Tasmanian devils were considered to be common, abundant and secure in Tasmania.Today, approximately 1,500 devils remain in the wild, putting them on the endangered species list. And if nothing changes, the Tasmanian Devil will be extinct in ten to twenty years.
    • Tasmanian devil population numbers have dropped dramatically since the introduction of the DFTD. This disease is fatal - devils suffer a slow and painful death from starvation.DFTD is a unique cancer that can spread like a contagious disease. Under normal circumstances, cancer cannot be ‘caught'. However, DFTD is the exception to this rule, making the research and science into finding a cure incredibly difficult.
          Australia Zoo has joined forces with Wildlife Warriors and Tassie Devil crusader ‘Nature Nic' to take action and raise money to find a cure for DFTD. 



















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