Spiky critters that lay eggs. Warm-blooded creatures with duck-like bills. Kangaroos that live in trees. There’s no doubt that Australia has some strange animals.

When you scratch the surface, Australia’s wildlife is even stranger than it appears, with odd behaviours including drumming cockatoos. 

There’s still much we don’t know about why our creatures are so unique. What we do know is that we’re losing species to extinction, at one of the highest rates in the world.

Today on Please Explain Journalist Mike Foley joins Rachel Clun to explain exactly how strange they are.

Spiky critters that lay eggs. Warm-blooded creatures with duck-like bills. Kangaroos that live in trees. There&rsquo;s no doubt that Australia has some strange animals.
When you scratch the surface, Australia&rsquo;s wildlife is even stranger than it appears, with odd behaviours including drumming cockatoos.&nbsp;
There&rsquo;s still much we don&rsquo;t know about why our creatures are so unique. What we do know is that we&rsquo;re losing species to extinction, at one of the highest rates in the world.
Today on Please Explain Journalist Mike Foley joins Rachel Clun to explain exactly how strange they are.

The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition

The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

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