The 10 most destructive tsunamis in history
WEBMar 16, 2011 · 10 worst tsunamis in history. 1. Sumatra, Indonesia – 26 December 2004. The 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Sumatra was estimated to occur at a depth of 30 km. The fault zone that caused the tsunami was roughly 1300 km long, vertically displacing the sea floor by several metres along that length. The ensuing tsunami was as …
Australia’s five black cockatoos - Australian Geographic
WEBMar 22, 2019 · Australia’s charismatic black cockatoos are true icons. Our five species – the Baudin’s, Carnaby’s, red-tail, yellow-tail and glossy black – hide away high in the gum trees, feeding on delicious gumnuts, cawing loudly and distinctly. All black cockatoos fall into the genus Calyptorhynchus. While there are other black-coloured ...
Australia's most dangerous animals - Australian Geographic
WEBMar 28, 2013 · Tracking down the world’s most venomous snake, the inland taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus), took the crew to a remote desert in south-western Queensland. “The inland taipan is unbelievably elusive,” he says. The remote location is one reason there have been no recorded deaths by this species, even though one bite contains enough venom to kill several humans.
Lorikeets: Four things you didn’t know about them - Australian …
WEBAug 12, 2019 · When the wet season approaches in Darwin and the mercury starts to climb, lorikeets get on the drink. Red-collared lorikeets, native to the northern parts of Australia, exhibit tell-tale signs of drunkenness, such as difficulty flying, running into things and becoming friendlier towards humans. Basically, they lose their inhibitions.
Everything you need to know about snakes - Australian Geographic
WEBFeb 22, 2016 · Snakes have no eyelids. Snakes can eat animals who are 75–100 per cent larger than their own head. Before shedding, a snake’s eyes will become cloudy/opaque. Endemic to Western Australia’s Pilbara region, the Anthill python (Antaresia perthensis) is the smallest python species in the world.
A guide to Australia’s possums and gliders - Australian Geographic
WEBJul 25, 2019 · A guide to Australia’s possums and gliders. This is absolutely everything you need to know about all of Australia’s possums and gliders. In the black of night, Australia’s 27 species of possum and glider scamper across our roofs, dart along branches in secluded rainforests or peer tentatively from tiny hidey-holes.
Tsunamis: how they form - Australian Geographic
WEBMar 18, 2011 · Tsunamis: How they form. Underwater volcanoes erupting, icebergs calving and in rare instances meteorites hitting the ocean have all produced the giant waves in the past. But very large underwater earthquakes are responsible for about three-quarters of all tsunamis. “Broadly speaking earthquakes have to be a magnitude six or above to trigger ...
Quokkas: why we need to look beyond the smile - Australian …
WEBAt least 66,000 quokka selfies now reside on Instagram. In 2019, before COVID hit travel worldwide, the island experienced an increased visitation rate of 15 per cent on the previous year, a rise the Rottnest Island Authority (RIA) attributed partly to the quokka selfie craze. Quokkas don’t, of course, smile. They just look like they do.
Tawny frogmouths: 5 things you may not know about these …
WEBMay 16, 2018 · Master nests builders, tawny frogmouths are not. The male tawny will often pick up a few sticks and some leaves and dump them into place; no arrangement and nothing to secure anything in place. Gisela says that, with the exception of pigeons, these frogmouths are the least accomplished of Australia’s nest-building birds.
Fact File: Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) - Australian Geographic
WEBAverage lifespan. Between 13-18 years. Size. 60-85cm long and between 4kg and 15kg in weight. There’s nothing more Aussie than a koala up a gumtree, and these iconic marsupials are a well-loved species that are found nowhere else in the world. With their habitat sadly under threat, and numbers declining, the koala is the last surviving member ...