Animals
Reptiles and snakes at the Park include American Alligators, crocodiles, turtles, tortoises, skinks, Komodo dragons, monitor lizards, geckos, iguanas, pythons, taipans, brown snakes, and death adders.
Arachnids include tarantulas, funnel web spiders, trapdoor spider, huntsman spider, Goliath birdeater spider, mouse spider, redback spider, wolf spider, and scorpions.
The Park also houses Australian animals including koalas, grey-headed flying foxes, eastern grey kangaroos, Tasmanian devil, wombats, wallabys, dingos, platypuses, echidnas, ring tailed possums, and cassowaries.
Read more about this topic: Australian Reptile Park
Famous quotes containing the word animals:
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—David Hume (1711–1776)
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