Sentences with word «goanna»

Also at Charles Darwin University, Dr Tony Griffiths and his collaborators have been documenting the impact of cane toad invasion on goanna numbers.

Our studies in Queensland confirm that species like yellow - spotted goannas learn to avoid toads as food, and so can coexist with toads.

Chris found that toad invasion is devastating for goannas in southern Australia, as it is in the tropics.

Indeed, many of them increased in abundance, perhaps because of the lessened risk from big goannas, snakes and the like — the animals that had been killed by cane toad arrival.

A University of Queensland study has found that since feral red foxes were controlled in the 1980s, there has been an increase in the number goanna raids on loggerhead turtle nests at Wreck Rock beach, south of Agnes Waters.

That latter topic was also the main project for Chris Jolly, although in his case the emphasis was on large goannas rather than (as in Uditha's case) small fishes.

It has invited two more small schools — Fernleigh PS and Wyrallah PS — to take part in the celebrations, which also include goanna and rainbow serpent activities, an introduction to Bundjalung language words, pebble painting, a sensory table featuring local flora, and a barbecue.

Be sure to keep your eyes open for the diverse wildlife on show too, from goanna and emus to wedged - tailed eagle and western quoll.

There were lots of goannas circling the picnic tables, waiting for some leftovers.

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«So we still don't know the mechanism by which goannas discover and attack sea turtle nests that are several weeks into the incubation period.»

You can drive all day in the outback passing nothing but roadside filling stations selling «roo» pie and Aboriginal artworks, their dreamtime images as flat as the squashed goannas on the road.

At Fogg Dam itself, Professor Thomas Madsen and Dr Bea Ujvari (University of Wollongong) have been marking and radio - tracking goannas, to understand what happens when toads arrive.

From work by Professor Thomas Madsen and Dr Beata Ujvari at Fogg Dam, as well as Dr Greg Brown's regular counts, we know that most of the big floodplain goannas were killed by trying to eat toads, within a year or so of the toads first arriving.

Their special interest in is the genetic factors that allow a few goannas to survive the toad's invasion.

She is looking at goannas and toads in the Kimberley region, as well as the ways in which the habitat changes wrought by agricultural activities affect the ability of toads to invade an area.

It's likely that around 90 % of the adult goannas may have died in this way — a huge impact.

So the research is already showing some impacts on non-target species like goannas, so that effectively rules it out in northern Australia but in southern Australia where they hibernate in winter then we might be able to use it in those southern states.

Oftentimes you might see squirrel gliders swing off the balconies, have our birdlife flutter by or hear the rustle as an echidna or goanna goes about their daily business below you — it's the ultimate immersive island experience.

Look out for the resident goannas.

The island takes its name from the wild goannas (local lizards) that roam its 1000 hectare (2500 acre) national park.

Enjoy the close company of the koalas, kangaroos and the odd goanna creating an idyllic «bush park» atmosphere.

Encounter wild dingoes or perhaps a stealthy goanna as you take a walk on the wild side.

Teeming with native wildlife, Kakadu makes a supreme location for zoologists, home to a myriad of mammals and birdlife, and over 120 reptile species including both saltwater and freshwater crocodiles and mighty goannas.

The Resort is surrounded by lush National Park where possums, wallabies and goannas roam freely, and you can experience daily bird feeding.

Wildlife flourishes in this region of the river, freshwater bass use the submerged logs as cover, goannas patrol the banks, and the bird life is stunning.

Flinders Chase is internationally renowned as a sanctuary for a host of native goannas and more.

Then on to pristine Flinders Chase, where you may search for koala, echidna and platypus and see the Dama wallaby and Western Grey kangaroo grazing in their natural habitat along with Cape Barren geese, the occasional goanna and abundant bird populations.

This is a prime region for spotting reptiles including the iconic thorny devil, shingleback and blue - tongued lizard, bearded and central - netted dragon, sand goanna and occasionally the largest lizard in Australia, the perentie.

It's also a haven for wildlife including rare lizards (such as thorny devils and racehorse goannas), and magnificent birdlife such as emus and fairy wrens.

So, toads ARE an ecological problem - but only for a fairly small number of species (the big predators) and fortunately, Queensland populations of many of those species (like yellow - spotted goannas and northern quolls) are recovering, a few decades after the toads arrived and really reduced the predator numbers.

On the weekends, a group of us would go out to the bush, hunting for goanna, which is a kind of lizard.

As well as plenty of bird species you are most likely to see large goannas, rare tammar wallabies, a unique subspecies of echidna, and the Kangaroo Island kangaroo (a shorter version of the western grey kangaroo found on the mainland).

Binoculars are provided so each guest gets a closer look at the abundant birdlife, flora and fauna this Island sustains, including goannas and dingos.

Some of them had large snakes, King Brown snakes probably about four - foot long, juvenile perenties which are the largest lizard in Australia, the big goannas.

And in the KImberley region of Western Australia, Georgia Ward - Fear is studying - and testing ways to reduce - the toad's impact on goannas.

«We discovered that only large male yellow - spotted goannas dug open sea turtle nests, but once the nest was opened other lizards, such as lace monitors and smaller yellow - spotted goannas, raided them,» Dr Booth said.

«But what we found was the likelihood of a turtle nest being opened by a goanna wasn't related to the nest age or even the presence of ghost crabs, which disturb nests by burrowing and potentially releasing those smells that attract a goanna's attention.

Goannas have overtaken foxes as the number one predator of the endangered loggerhead turtle at its second largest Queensland nesting beach.

Around that cow, you can have goannas, kangaroos, wallabies.

Goannas have been major victims of the toad invasion in tropical Australia, but the impact doesn't seem to have been as bad in NSW.

Part of the problem is that the kinds of native animals that are most likely to be affected by toads are big predators, like quolls (marsupial carnivores), large snakes, and goannas.

Animals that try to eat big toads, like quolls and goannas, are in the biggest trouble (because big toads have a lot more poison than small toads.

That has made it much easier for Sean to document effects of cane toads on freshwater crocodiles and large varanid lizards («goannas») on the Daly.

Gould's goanna is commonly eaten in Indigenous communities, but can contain high levels of rat poison.

Some of them had large snakes, king brown snakes probably about four foot long, juvenile perenties — which are the largest lizard in Australia, the goanna.»

Guests have the opportunity to explore the surrounds by yacht, see dolphins, turtles, hundreds of species of birds and tropical fish, goannas and wallabies.

Head for Flinders Chase National Park on the western end of the island, which encompasses many kilometres of rugged coastline and bush, sheltering many New Zealand fur seals, more sea lions, sea eagles and osprey, and bush kangaroos, wallabies, possums, echidnas, goannas, platypuses and sleepy koalas.