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How did the quokka not make the cut! They are the cutest little weird animals we have!
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I know! They look like real life cartoon characters 🤣
Although it's unfortunate that they do look like they're smiling when people take selfies with them, because that's actually stress. They're very shy, easily scared animals.
They are soooo cute, but not weird
@@barbararees604 not shy. least not the one that came up to me whilst i was eating a packet of smiths chips trying his luck for a snack (which is illegal with a hefty fine for doing so) they have learned to hang around the village on rottnest island which is where most people take the selfies. plenty of warning signs about their treatment as rottnest island and a small colony in WA on the mainland is all there is of them.
What did you expect from this young American guy ?
They should have included the Tree-kangaroo, that is way weirder then the Tassie Devil.
@MichaelRogers-et8dq I know, my daughter who works with wildlife has sent me a short video of one at the sanctuary eating a carrot. Shame they are so endangered.
Ryan, you're right in that the list is out of order. Now in no particular order:
The Echidna and Platypus are Monotremes - they lay eggs, there is only one species of Platypus, but currently between three and five Echidnas, the short beak is the main Australian one, the others are found in New Guinea, the reason for the vagueness of numbering is when does a subspecies become a species?
The Tasmanian Devil is related to the Quoll, in either case imagine crossing the American Opossum with a Bobcat, that's a Quoll or Tasmanian Devil... you can have them as pets, but not recommended.
The Frilled Neck Lizard is an Agamid Lizard, also known as dragons, as in Water or Bearded Dragons, they have sharp claws and will see you as a tree to climb, the frill is like a puffer fish, intimidation.... it was the inspiration for the apocryphal Dilophosaurs in the original Jurassic Park, problem was the actual species is 300% bigger... in the film it was 4'-5' as it stood there, and being generous 11' fully end to end, when actually it stood 13' high and about 30' long... also it was one of the only Jurassic species in the film.
Speaking of Dinosaurs, the Cassowary is loosely related to Emus, Ostriches, Rheas, and several extinct species, including the Moa and Elephant Bird. They are dangerous because of their long claws, and the protruding cranial horn.
Ryan saying the Quoll is cute and would make a good pet had me yelling nooooo at the screen 😂 they are famously vicious and ironically Tasmanian Devils are really sweet and make great pets ❤ the old family farm down there had a family of devils living under the veranda, used to play with the babies and they were soo cute, also great for farms, like having a free clean up crew always there 👍
The devil's are cute, but, man, that growl/scream!!!!
@@sunisbest1234 well they are called devils for a reason 🤣 it is a hell of a thing in the middle of the night that's for sure
Weve got heaps of others i would have put instead, like the quokka, or a goanna, have you ever been chased by one ?
@@unoriginalsyn very true! 🤣
The tassie devil is one of few carnivorous marsupials. The quoll is one of the other carnivorous marsupials. Platypus and echidnas are monotremes, egg laying mammals.
The Bilby is Our Easter Bunny😂❣️
Yes I got an Easter Billy chocolate for my brothers gf she's from France
@@crazymusicchick YES❣️ All overseas family and friends love the Aussie Bilbies we send them for Easter 🐣
It's not an Aussie Easter if there is no Bilby
Yes U_U🇦🇺
Cool . See if you can find corab as am allergen to caffeine within small amounts
Well technically evolution for the cassowary worked pretty well since they’re still alive unlike T-rex’s 😂
Evolution seems to have gone backwards since T Rex .it's now a bloody chook apparently 🤣
the platypus closes its eyes underwater and and navigates through electro-magnetism sensors in its bill. It also lays eggs despite being a mammal.
And secretes milk despite not developing any mammary tests, but glands directly thru the skin, pretty awesome animals
I think I remember Ryan asking in a more recent video whether any mammals were actually venemous? Ok, technically platypus and echidnas are monotremes - but they are still a type of mammal. And yes - a male platypus is definitely venemous! I wouldn't want to run afoul of one of their spurs.
It also has no stomach
Bush curlew birds sound at night really is something you have to experience to truly appreciate the eeriness of it. It’s a cross between a ghost and a woman screaming and very loud. I lie in bed at night listening to them right outside my window. PS I live about an hour away from the largest platypus populations and one of the very few places that you see them in the wild.
Yes, I was thinking they could have included the sound they make in the video.
Ah yes, the dulcet tones of several curlews at midnight serenading you. And then they still tap on the glass demanding food the next morning.😂
And they don't just live in the bush, our Cities/Towns are full of them. I have a breeding pair that live in my back yard. Townsville has them all over.
This video covered a whole lot of Aussies that are often overlooked, good to see 👍👍 your expanding your knowledge of Australia
It covered literally every animal that Is relentlessly mentioned in every video like this
5:10 I have a photo somewhere of a metre-long Frill-neck I saw up in Cape York. They're protected in Australia. The only place you'll find them as pets is as illegally exported animals, or with strictly licensed collectors in Australia.
We had a horse farm in Adelaide hills I've seen several Frillnecks, they are fast too.
Frilled lizards can be kept as pets in all states of Australia, except Western Australia and Tasmania, with a permit or licence.
Platypus' are an Aussie invention only. Where else right? LOL.
And yes, that list was not that great a list. We have a LOT weirder than that!
Also needed to see a zoom in on Cassowaries claws. They can disembowel with one kick.
3:10 You really need to hear the Bush Stone Curlew's call at night to appreciate how freaky it can be.
Yes he does... th-cam.com/video/SQCLKPZYemA/w-d-xo.html
I came here to say the same. Scared the s☆□# outa me as a kid, first time I heard it. Its haunting!
I love them. They are common in my neighbourhood.
@@1001reasons1968 once you know what is making that sound. I didn't when I first went to FNQ. 🤣
@@sunisbest1234 I love it. I call them little weirdos.
2:37 "Devil Facial Tumour Disease -- I don't know if that's unfortunate" . . . 😯 It saddened me to hear you say that.
The thorny devil also spits blood out of its eyes as a defence as well, even though its essentially made of spikes
Cassowaries have a reputation for being extremely grumpy and are more than able to gut a person with a single kick... though they also go for the throat, too. Also, fun fact about platypusses, the males are venomous! :D
Interesting list, we have many more odd animals too
I agree with you, the thorny devil! I also think the platanus as well! Kangaroos are definitely weird, as well. If we can find a Tassy Tiger, that would be pretty weird, too... and very cool! ;)
A good start, there’s many more. The Quokka, Goanna, Blue-tongue Skink, Wedge-tail Eagle, list goes on (usual and unusual).
what's weird about those ones? I'd put the cube poo wombat before any of those. Really not sure how the blue tongue, goanna & eagle are weird in particular
@@mehere8038 That’s why I said “usual” at the end. :)
I was fortunate enough to see a tiger quoll in the wild. I’ve seen most of the animals on that list in their natural habitat - but spotting (and photographing) a quoll remains my greatest thrill.
They didnt mention the lyrebird which can mimic any sound, and in fact will make sound like truck, cameras, building mutliple sounds together
Fun fact , there is more life under the ground than above it
Ryan, you have to think about how a Northern American or Canadian would respond to Wolverine numbers dropping. Tasmanian Devils occupy a similar ecological niche. They clean up the mess; roadkill etc.
They didn't even give the super cool facts about Platypus' and Cassowaries! Like Platypus' sensory receptors in their beaks that sense electric fields to help them find their prey since the are blind underwater as they close their eyes when they dive.
I’m surprised a tree lobster isn’t in the list!, you’ll definitely have to check them out, absolute beauty’s they are
What about Numbat for a name🤣🤣🤣🤣
Yes! I’ve always thought it’s a great name. 😂
Ikr
I was really fortunate to see a Cassowary in the wild when in a picnic in the Daintree area - they are beautiful but huge and very territorial.
G'day Ryan,
I was very lucky on my last visit to Australian Reptile Park in Somersby, NSW as I got to meet 2 orphaned Devils named Violet & Dash, the were named after the Incredibles as the were found alone in snow suffering hypothermia, they are so cute & cuddly 🥰.
There is a mistake in the Tassie Devil section, thanks to Australian Reptile Park & Aussie Ark there is now a wild colony of Tassie Devils on the Mainland in the Aussie Ark Sanctuary at Barrington Tops, NSW. Aussie Ark was actually started by Australian Reptile Park as Devil Ark, it was the first Devil Breeding Program but has now grown to include many other endangered species so the name change form Devil to Aussie. There has also been some more sad news for them as one of the few last known wild Tasmanian DFTD Free groups has had some Devils found with the disease 😭😭so the Breeding programs seem like they will be the Devils only hope to avoid extinction.
How's the fight back by the devils going? I haven't really followed the devil's fate, but I did hear at one stage that there seemed to be some devils with the disease managing to fight it off or live with it or something, does that look like there's any potential as a survival option nowadays?
At least we acted early enough on this one to actually get lots of animals into breeding programs & away from the disease!
Think of the Tazzie Devil as a teacup black bear
Happy ARVO Ryan! 😁 Thorny Devils are tiny! Tasmanian Devils are so cute! (Except for their teeth) 😟 Curlew!? (Eats snakes!) Cassowary! 😩 (Bad) Platypus! 🤗 (Mostly Tasmania) Frill neck lizard! (Pets!) 🧐 Moles!? 😳 Bilby! (Never seen one!) Echidna! 😃 Tiger Quoll! (Dangerous Mongoose)! Cool list! 😄👍
You should hear the Curlew calling at night it is spooky - Quoll's are cute but deadly - one ate 6 of my friends rottweiller puppies before the mother could get to them - The quoll fought the dog and got away !!
OMG
Lizards evolved from turtles , Dino’s are more like birds than anything else
Birds have evolved from the dinosaurs that didn't die in the asteroid mishap.
Instead of Easter Bunnies (cos rabbits are an introduced threat to native wildlife) we have had chocolate 'Easter Bilbies' for 30 years or so.
Devils are gorgeous. They have the scariest growl you’ve ever heard.
The narrator should have included the platypus instead of saying that the echidna is the only monotreme (egg laying mammal). This is basic information that every kid in Australia learns in school.
The narrator does say "Along with platypuses" or "on top of platypuses" by co-incidence Ryan makes a coment at the same moment, so you might have missed it.
@@oakfat5178 Ah, that explains it. I have tinnitus 24/7 so I often miss something when two people are speaking at the same time. Thanks for your courteous wording. It’s not always the case on TH-cam! 🤗
Bummer about having tinnitus.
Ryan seems to attract mostly civil people.
I'm a refugee from Twitter, and TH-cam has been like a charm school in comparison.
@@oakfat5178 I’ve never been drawn towards Twitter, so now I know why. 😉 I enjoy Quora though, lots of interesting topics. It’s available through the App Store. You choose the topics you like then can add others to follow at your discretion. There was a story a few days ago with photos about Lee Miller, the photographer and photojournalist. One photo is an iconic shot of her taking a bath in Adolf Hitler’s bathtub. Her dirty boots were placed on the floor. She’d just been wearing them in the concentration camps at Buchenwald and Dachau. The photo was taken on the same day that Hitler committed suicide. How’s that for an impactful story?
@@r.fairlie7186 dam, I always thought tinnitus would be super frustrating, just with the noise, I'd never thought about how that would impact on hearing stuff going on around you too until you said it, but that would REALLY make it frustrating & hard to live with!
Also, I've seen a black tiger quoll with white spots when I was in Launceston, Australia in 2013. Living in Hobart for 25 years at the time, I didn't know that black ones even existed! Only ever saw the rusty coloured ones.
8:20 Thorny Devils are very small. Videos of them rarely give a comparison size but you could easily hold one in the palm of your hand
One time I was on Fraser Island, now called K'gari. I was on a school camping trip and we did a night walk. About half an hour into the walk, I heard something in the bushes, so I pointed my flashlight at the bush. Somehow I managed to see a bilby. No one believed me, 10 years later, I still remember the little guy
7:15 Fun fact: Echidnas and Platypuses are closely related. They're both Monotremes. Egg-laying mammals. And they're the only two mammals in the world that lay eggs.
They both lactate too so their young can drink milk.
I have a family of bush stone curlews, well, the parents are residential, but as soon as their babies are mature enough, they get kicked out. I did wonder where all the frogs had gone 😢
When I was little and heard them at night, (which is the only time they call out, except when it's going to rain during the day) it made me worry that they were hurt. So my mum took me out to sit on the front steps to watch them calling out to each other and running down the road. When I take my cat out for walkies at night, they often follow us and have growling matches with my cat. Hilarious! 😆
I was the opposite: as an Australian I only discovered very recently that roadrunners were real birds! (But I’ve always known about Tassie Devils)
Fun facts about Tasmanian Devils. 1. They have a loud & disturbing scream. 2. Their bites are extremely powerful (200 psi) so they can crush bones. 3. They store fat in their tails. 4. They often sleep inside the carcass of the animal they killed / are eating. 5. Their babies are born the size of a grain of rice. 6. They are the largest carnivorous marsupial. 7. They yawn when confronted. 8 they are great at climbing trees
The Bandicoot isn't necessarily weird but only found in Oz. People generally think for Crash Bandicoot
You should look up the Brush Tailed Phascogale. We had one take 3 of our chickens one night after the other.
Apparently early settlers used to call the phascogale a 'vampire marsupial' because they literally bite the heads of chickens. It's pretty messy :/
They're not that common anymore and we were astounded that we caught one. We relocated it into bushland a little bit away from our property.
The weirdest animal I ever saw was a glowing centipede. It was glowing bright lime green evenly across the entire body and the legs. I found it under a rock in Colebrook, Australia. I put it in a jar and during the day it was dark green. It stopped glowing shortly after it died.
We have Quolls and Echidnas roaming through our property on regular occasions!
I've caught 2 of those enchiladas in my life & after dousing it in a little tobasco i handed them over to a wildlife sanctuary.
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It is unfortunate about the devils, who cares how nice they look or even if they are nice at all. They're a important part of an ecosystem like all living organisms.
OH GOD the echidna part made me remember that video showing the tongue and stuff of an echidna 😂
The kangaroo _is_ weird!
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And the weirdest about the platypus they didn't even mention: It's a mammal!!
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Also all the really _weirdly poisonous_ animals were missing. Like this huge blind albinistic cave spider..
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Cassowary's are the closest relatives to the valosoraptor, they are agressive & have massive claws on they're 3 toed foot.
And occasionally cause human deaths if you get a bit close & spook them.
I LOVE thorny devils! They are so cool and cute! When I was in grade one or two, my class had a Thorny Devil as a classroom 'pet' for one or two weeks. While we were learning about them. Knowing what I know now, though, it surprises me that we were able to as they are quite hard to keep due to their exclusive diet and the sheer amount of ants they feed upon in a single meal.
And the Frilled Neced Lizard! So, so cool!
Someone else has probably said this by now but the dilophosaurus in Jurassic Park was actually modelled after the Frilled neck lizard. The frill and spitting venom were just artistic license. Still one of my fave dinosaurs from Jurassic Park. So pretty!
did you know that the thorny devil bleeds from its eyes as another of its defense mechanisms like the spikes and fake head... it looks terrifying with blood ejecting from its eyes! just picture superman's laser beam eyes but blood
"Ah it's an ugly rabbit!" 🤣
Ok I haven’t started to watch yet but I can just imagining this being so funny
You should find video of a Frill Neck Lizard running, that is sight to behold...
Umm... interesting they would say that the cassowary is descended from dinosaurs....... ALL birds are 🤨 surprised they didn't mention their Velociraptor like claw!
The wildlife rehab place I work has a resident quoll as he can't be released.... he is very sweet!
We love the bilby and give chocolate bilbies at Easter instead of chocolate rabbits often and the proceeds go to their preservation.
Thorny devils are gorgeous. Tiny little things as long as your finger from nose to the end of their tails. Delicate little guys. I had one as a pet on our outback farm. All Australian animals are beautiful in the wild to observe but don’t make good pets. Being kind to them is leaving them where they belong
Those of us who remember the Muddle-Headed Wombat from children's radio back in the 1950"s would never, ever, call wombats weird. Cute, loveable and friendly, yes, but weird, never.
Modern platypus are only in Australia, but monotremes evolved in South America and there have been some amazing fossils found there. We only have short beaked echidnas, but New Guinea has both the short and long beaked species.
Very pleased to see the kakarratul and itjaritjari represented, even if the presenter used the retired ‘marsupial mole’ name for them. Easier to pronounce, I suspect!
Hey Ryan . I have managed to survive 49 years living in Australia . Nothing to be afraid of .
love the videos and your doing great
I've seen a Bilby in our Pilbara, in Western Australia (although they pronounced it wrong in the video, as we say it "Pill-bra"). .....And it is true that they have Easter eggs in a mould of this Aussie creature..
Cassowaries remember when they were velociraptors, and they'll make sure you remember it, too...
@RyanWas If you ever want to see a platypus outside of Australia, might I suggest you take a trip to the San Diego Zoo Safari Park.
Australian snow fields are the size of Switzerland, might be of interest. A word you miss pronounce is dinkum. Also saw a channel Aussie rollercoaster rides ranked
What about the tree-climbing Kangaroo? That quoll is just like a miniature Tasmanian Tiger even down to the way it runs. Gliding possums are weird and cute.
When I was living in Alice Springs as a child we had pet Thorny devils. They are now protected
Echidnas are NOT the only monotremes. The Platypus is also a monotreme.
Check out the Rakali (Australian water rat), the largest carnivorous rodent that evolved to hunt cane toads and the invasive black/grey rats that are destroying the ecosystem. Pretty cool stuff
As kids, we would keep frill neck lizards "frillys" as pets.
They forgot the drop bears!😂😂🇦🇺🇦🇺
The Thorny Devil would fit in the Dune universe without question. They have the whole walk without rhythm thing mastered.
The sand is hot jack ! You'd walk like that too! 🤦♂️
@@simonjones2645 yeah nah I have like 50 years experience with Australian Beaches in summer. I prefer the hop skip jump method to cross hot sand barefoot.
@@jackvos8047 you mean the ow ow fuck ! Then step on a towel til your feet solidify again ! Western Australian here ! 🤘😂
@@simonjones2645 I think you missed the jump bit lol. I'm going to dive at the towel like I'm superman 😂.
Echidnas don't have stomachs.
As a child, I had Mountain devils as pets!
The thorny devil can shoot blood out their eyes
Blood laden with formic acid from all the ants they eat.
Now stop ⚠️ right there. Echidnas are not the only egg laying mammal or monotreme. The platypus is also a monotreme. Warm blooded mammal that suckles its young but lays eggs. Fun fact. The 5 cent coin with the echidna image is about the size of their egg. Platypus eggs are more oval in shape. Tassie devils are cute if noisy and primarily eat carrion so very important in the whole balance of the Tasmanian environment. Hi from Tassie
Australia certainly has some unique creatures but they are all so special in there own ways, in my opinion they are one of Gods amazing creations.
In the opinion of the first people's, they ARE God/creator spirits
A major thing about Australia's native life: there are no placental mammals. Only monotremes and marsupials. Dingoes were introduced less than ten thousand years ago.
3:50 I used to live in Cassowary country. They're fine if you don't threaten them. Very calm and docile birds.
I have seen a platypus in the wild - they are very shy. The bilby is promoted instead of the rabbit for easter. Rabbits are banned in Queensland and you are fined if you bring them into the state
Cassowaries are also in the top End NT . Do not go near! Platypus pleural is platypi and yes only found in Oz
Australia is the continent that T I M E FORGOT
Tree kangaroo? Lungfish? Pink slug? Blue worm? Ectectus parrot (male and female are dramatically different colours)
Happy not to come across a Cassowary, ever!
Most of others seen at one time. My older brother had one of those frill knecked lizards as a pet. Certainly weird. He lost it and we were looking for it but hard to see. Was on ground next to my foot but I actually did not see it until my brother said it was right next to me so their colouring makes it easy for them to hide.
Platypus certainly the weirdest in my eyes. Kangaroos too common to think of as weird.
I saw a Cassowary on the road in far North Queensland. At the time I had no idea they were dangerous and eagerly jumped out to photograph it! Lucky for me it just stared at me and trodded off on its way!! 😂
I can't believe they didn't mention that Thorny Devils spit blood from their eyes.
I LOVE THORNY DEVILS
Jurassic Park Dino was the Dilophosaurus! However factually very different from the movie (Smaller etc)
Weirdest has to be without a doubt the platypus. A mammal that lays eggs, has no teeth but has the beak of a duck, the fur of a beaver yet swims underwater. It's eyes are related more closely to those of lampreys than other mammals. It has electrolocation like a fish, but venom like a scorpion's. It has ten different sex chromosones, and their reproductive cycle is just crazy.
It is such an incredibly unlikely creature that when one was first sent back to the UK for scientists to study they though it was an elaborate hoax.
Thorny Devils are really cool though. They have THE coolest scientific name ever: Moloch horridus, and are so different because, just like the Platypus, they are the sole survivors of their Genus.
The platypus and echidna are called monotremes meaning they are egg laying mammals, mammals because they are warm blooded and suckle their young with milk. They really do rate as weird.
Hope you going fantastic as well.
Hey! when are going to pay us a visit to check out all the weirdness?
You should check out Entrapment - Bill Kearns if you want to have a good laugh.
Jurassic Park had the Dilophosaurus act like a Frilled-neck lizard but it spat poison on the fat guy from Seinfeld
“These animals look similar to mongooses..”
*shows picture of a meerkat*
The thorny devil can also shoot blood from its eyes
Love your videos man u should react to Marty and Michael their a comedy duo over here in Australia they will for sure give u a laugh
G'day Mate! I think that the Queensland Lung Fish should have made this list...You should check it out! Cheers!
The devils are gorgeous.
I got echidnas on my property. They are bigger than U think and are strong and stubborn. I've had to get them off the road a couple of times. Not easy.
I love the little thorny devil's. I had them as pets as a child. I'm also old before and lived in the bush. anyone says that's not allowed.