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Australia 30 images Created 10 Jun 2016

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  • Carpet Python (Morelia spilota). Queensland, Australia.
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  • Although incapable of flight, this female Crowned Stick Insect (Onchestus rentzi) employs her wings for an entirely different purpose: defense. She has excellent camouflage when at rest but if discovered and threatened she will abruptly raise her wings as a startle tactic. The sudden increase in size and flash of color may cause some would-be predators to think twice before attacking. This species has a fascinating mode of reproduction: the females drop their small brown eggs at random on the forest floor where they are often mistaken for seeds by ants who then gather them for storage underground. The eggs then are able to mature in a relatively safe environment. Queensland, Australia.
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  • Northern Leaf-tailed Gecko (Saltuarius cornutus). Queensland, Australia.
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  • Restricted to the Atherton Tablelands, the Coppery Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus johnstonii) is one of several species nocturnal possums that together inhabit the same montane rainforests in far north Queensland. Although all are folivorous and feed on a wide variety of trees, these sympatric species are able to co-exist without direct competition by partitioning their diets; each has its own specific combination of food plants. Queensland, Australia.
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  • Mareeba Rock Wallaby (Petrogale mareeba). Queensland, Australia.
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  • Magnetic termite mounds (Amitermes laurensis), aligned to avoid the intense heat of the summer sun. Queensland, Australia.
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  • A subtropical sundew (Drosera serpens) from the Cape York Peninsula. Queensland, Australia.
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  • Nepenthes rowanae, one of only a few pitcher plant species endemic to Australia. This species grows only in ever-wet swamps of the Cape York Peninsula. Queensland, Australia.
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  • A woolly sundew (Drosera petiolaris) from the subtropical savannas of far northern Australia. Many of these carnivorous plants enter a state of dormancy in the dry season and are unable to trap insects until the rains return. Queensland, Australia.
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  • A juvenile leaf insect (Nanophyllium australianum) from the rainforest of Iron Range National Park. Queensland, Australia.
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  • Pygmy Sundews (Drosera eneabba), tiny insectivorous plants growing in rocky lateritic soil. Mount Lesueur National Park, Jurien Bay, Western Australia.
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  • When threatened, the Knob-tailed Gecko (Nephrurus levis) raises its body off the ground to appear larger in size. Cape Range National Park, Western Australia.
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  • A Pilbara Death Adder (Acanthophis wellsi) from the desert regions of Western Australia. Although superficially resembling vipers by their stout body and habit of ambushing prey, death adders are actually elapids and more closely related to cobras, kraits, and coral snakes. Cape Range National Park, Western Australia.
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  • A waterfall cascades through a red rock canyon in Karijini National Park, Western Australia.
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  • Rock gorges covered in False Spinifex (Triodia sp.). Karijini National Park, Western Australia.
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  • Terrmite mounds in Karijini National Park, Western Australia.
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  • Northern Leaf-tailed Gecko (Saltuarius cornutus). Queensland, Australia.
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  • Mareeba Rock Wallaby (Petrogale mareeba). Queensland, Australia.
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  • The delicate blooms of a carnivorous bladderwort (Utricularia chrysantha). Queensland, Australia.
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  • Nepenthes tenax, a newly distinguished pitcher plant endemic to northern Queensland, Australia.
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  • Australian Green Tree Frog (Ranoidea caerulea). Queensland, Australia.
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  • A juvenile leaf insect (Nanophyllium australianum) from the rainforest of Iron Range National Park. Queensland, Australia.
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  • A pygmy sundew (Drosera eneabba) growing in rocky lateritic soil of Mount Lesueur National Park in Western Australia.
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  • Spiny-tailed Gecko (Diplodactylus ciliaris). Exmouth, Western Australia.
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  • With an adult size of less than one meter in length, the beautifully patterned Children's Python (Antaresia childreni) is one of the smallest pythons. Cape Range National Park, Exmouth, Western Australia.
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  • Spinifex Pigeon (Geophaps plumifera). Karijini National Park, Western Australia.
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  • Terrmite mounds in Karijini National Park, Western Australia.
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  • A waterfall cascades through a red rock canyon in Karijini National Park, Western Australia.
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  • A waterfall cascades through a red rock canyon in Karijini National Park, Western Australia.
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  • Although the vast Australian outback is famous for its aridity, poor soils, and tortuous heat in summer, a surprising number of colorful creatures make this habitat their home. One of these is the aptly named Splendid Fairy-wren (Malurus splendens), a dainty yet bold bird that lives in small groups that hunt insects among the desert scrub. Despite the male’s gaudy plumage (as shown here), he will supplement his courtship efforts by wooing the female with pink or purple flower petals he has carefully plucked. Shark's Bay, Western Australia.
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