Sentences with phrase «of goannas»

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«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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.»

You'll find seals basking on quiet beaches; koalas munching on gum trees; echidnas wandering in search of insects; and kangaroos, goannas, wallabies, penguins and birds at just about every turn.

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).

Nelson Bay Golf Club This sand - based course in a tree - lined tranquil setting is not only a test of golf, but also a perfect escape to nature, with kangaroos, wallabies, native birds and goannas, a common sight on the course.

Platypus Waterholes — A multitude of bird life, kangaroos, wallabies, geese, echidnas and goannas are regularly seen on this walk.

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

After a two - course lunch travel to Flinders Chase National Park to see a host of native Australian animals — kangaroos, wallabies, koalas, echidnas, goannas and more..

In the early morning or at dusk a wallaby or goanna may appear just long enough to assure you of the tranquillity of our location.

Five kilometres of white sand beach with wallabies, goannas and fishing at your doorstep.

The quiet surroundings attract many of the local wildlife such as kangaroos, goanna's birds and butterflies that you can observe from the comfort of the balcony.

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.

There is plenty of wildlife including wallabies, goannas, pelicans and ospreys virtually at your doorstep.

Further stops of interest admiring bird, plant and wildlife — dingoes, snakes, goannas, sea eagles.

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

This provides an opportunity to spot a vast range of animals including Kangaroo Island kangaroos, Tammar wallabies, short - beaked echidnas, koalas, Rosenberg's goanna and 260 species of birds, with endangered glossy black cockatoos, hooded plovers, Cape Barren geese, scarlet robins, southern emu - wrens and caspian terns - prime species for enthusiasts.

The combination of floodplains and wetlands, savanna woodlands, sandstone cliffs and escarpments provide sanctuary for agile and Wilkins» rock wallabies, northern bandicoots, black and antilopine wallaroos, northern quolls, dingoes, flying - foxes, ghost bats, goannas, frogs, pythons, and cathedral termite mounds.

Bearing a kangaroo skin cloak that charts her life — «on it is my clan totem, the goanna, and my personal totem, the white cockatoo», Burney said the significance of a first speech was not lost on her: