Kangaroo, koala and Tasmanian devil
As much as 45 million years of isolation gave Australian nature the space to proliferate undisturbed, resulting in unique vegetation and animal species that are not naturally found anywhere else.
Australia is one of the few countries that is allowed to be rich in marsupials, mammals whose females have two wombs and in most cases a pouch. This pouch is a kind of skin fold in which the animal's nipples lie and in which she carries her young. Kangaroos, the koala and the Tasmanian devil are the best known, howeverOceania has more than 240 marsupial species. The lesser-known wombat, for example, the only animal that lays cube-shaped feces, and the Quokka, a wallaby that wears a smile.
Koala or possum
The koala, like many other native Australian animals, plays an important role in the aboriginal myth about the origin of the world. The Tharawal tribe believed the koalas helped row the boat that brought them to the continent. Another myth tells how a tribe killed a koala and used its long intestines to build a bridge for people from other parts of the world. Other tribes saw the koala as a wise animal that they consulted for advice.
