Balt, MD
Animal Planet Australia
Winner of the 2008 AZA Exhibit of the Year
This exhibit depicts a typical northern Australia river gorge. This slice of Australia in Baltimore offers visitors a truly immersive experience: as you walk through the bottom of the gorge, get close to 1,800 individual native animals representing 120 species, including freshwater crocodiles, turtles, fishes, snakes, lizards, free-flying birds, and flying foxes. Many of these unique and unusual animals are found only in Australia.
Animals in This Exhibit
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Australian freshwater crocodiles have strong legs, clawed webbed feet, and powerful tails.
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The Australian barramundi is a silver fish that thrives in the coastal and fresh waters of northern and western Australia.
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Learn more about one of Australia’s more beautiful pythons.
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This turtle’s long neck can add another 80 percent to its body length
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The death adder is extremely venomous.
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Gouldian finches are small, brightly colored birds. They have green backs, yellow bellies, and purple breasts, with a light blue uppertail and a cream undertail. Sometimes called lady gouldians, their facial color can vary, but black is the most common, followed by red and the very rare yellow. The birds inhabit open woodlands near water sources and generally nest in hollowed tree branches.
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The grey-headed flying fox is the largest of the flying foxes.
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The National Aquarium is the only place in the world you can see this turtle outside of Australia!
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As its name indicates, this turtle is found in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, Australia.
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The laughing kookaburra is Australia's national symbol.
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The mouth almighty is a freshwater fish typically found in ponds and slow-moving waters of northern Australia.
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This aquatic turtle, also called the Fly River turtle, is a strange animal! It is the only freshwater turtle with flippers resembling those of marine turtles.
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Rainbow lorikeets might seem like an easy bird to spot. But in their native habitat, lorikeets' vibrant colors provide the perfect camouflage.
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The spiny-tailed monitor, also known as the ridge-tailed monitor or spiny-tailed “goanna,” exists in a number of sizes and colors throughout northwestern Australia.
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The tawny frogmouth is often mistaken for an owl.
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