Cats ❖ Monkeys ❖ Bears ❖ Large animals ❖ Kangaroos ❖ Australian ❖ Butterflies ❖ Hoofed ❖ Furry ❖ Water ❖ Underwater
Animals from Australian zoos, excluding birds and reptiles (which will have their own page).
A Cheetah at Western Plains Zoo, Dubbo.
Hungry cheetah!
Baby cheetah at Western Plains Zoo, Dubbo (2017).
The baby cheetah’s mum.
Snow leopard at Billabong Zooa near Port Macquarie.
A pair of servals at Mogo Zoo.
A tiger at Symbio Wildlife Park. It was a hot day, and it came and lay down in the water right in front of me (video).
A tiger at the National Zoo in Canberra.
A mommy tiger and her playful cub (Canberra). The cub kept jumping on her ...
... until the mommy tiger had enough and sat on her! I like the cub’s expression.
Some more tigers.
This early tiger photo didn’t turn out at all, but I like the effect.
Lions from a few different zoos.
Lionesses.
A lion cub at Western Plains Zoo, Dubbo.
Apes, Monkeys and Lemurs
Chimpanzees.
Jedi chimp at Monarto Zoo, Adelaide. It was a cold windy day and he wouldn’t let the other chimp take his blanket!
Gorilla.
Gorilla mum and baby.
Golden lion tamarins at Mogo and Symbio zoo.
Cotton top tamarin.
Marmosets at the National Zoo in Canberra (video of one at Mogo Zoo).
At this angle it reminds me of Fizzgig in The Dark Crystal movie.
Some marmosets grooming.
De Brazza’s monkey.
Not sure what kind of monkey this is (not a gibbon since it has a tail).
Lemurs at Western Plains Zoo and Melbourne Zoo.
One at Toronga Zoo.
I love their tails.
Pandas and Bears
Giant panda at Adelaide Zoo.
Red pandas (video of one eating bamboo leaves).
Brown bear.
Sun bear with a coconut. Very long claws!
Large Animals
Elephant. They have pretty long eyelashes.
They like having mud baths.
A baby elephant at Taronga Zoo in 2009.
Baby elephant at Western Plains Zoo, Dubbo. It liked chasing the birds around (then went and hid behind its mum).
Some hippos.
White rhino.
A close up of rhino skin.
Kangaroos and Wallabies
Some kangaroos resting.
Wallabies are smaller and have a more triangular face than kangaroos.
Rocky wallabies.
One of them had a baby joey in its pouch.
Another mum and baby.
Disappearing into the pouch ...
An orphan wallaby.
Quokkas are relatives of kangaroos and wallabies. There are lots of them on Rottnest Island near Perth. These were at Featherdale Wildlife park.
It didn’t want to let go!
Shaking its head made it look like a tornado.
Tree kangaroos have beautiful colours (video).
Other Australian Animals
A friendly wombat at Hunter Valley Zoo. It followed me around.
A wombat at Featherdale. They can go crazy sometimes!
Southern hairy nosed wombat.
A baby wombat at Hunter Valley Zoo.
Koalas.
Come over here, I just want a cuddle!
Baby koalas hang on tight (Wildlife HQ).
Tasmanian devil. Their ears are usually torn from fights with each other, but these ones look OK.
I love quolls. This one at Daintree Wild Zoo followed my every move; it either wanted to make friends or eat me.
Tiger quoll at Wings Wildlife World, Tasmania. Nice teeth!
An eastern quoll at Australia Zoo.
Dingoes come in different colours.
Butterflies
From the butterfly house at Melbourne Zoo.
Close ups of a few of the butterflies.
Frogs
Tree frog. Nice shade of green!
A corroboree frog. They’re really tiny (video).
A few other frogs.
Hoofed Animals
Dromedary (one humped) camel.
Bactrian (two humped) camel.
Also a camel, even though it looks like a horse.
A camel at Oakvale Wildlife Park.
Giraffe at Western Plains Zoo.
They like carrots!
They have an interesting pattern.
Baby giraffes.
Miniature goat at the Small Breeds Farm Park and Owl Centre, Wales.
Mountain goats at Taronga Zoo, with Sydney Tower in the background.
A pink pig.
This one reminds me of a wild boar in the Asterix comics.
A hairy cow.
Deer hoping for food.
Deer fawn.
These might be alpacas, but they’ pretty similar to lamas and guanacos.
Horses and ponies.
Big smile!
A few zebras.
Zebra foal.
Miscellaneous Furry Animals
Meerkats.
Huddling together for warmth at Monarto Zoo.
Fennec foxes. I love their ears.
Capybara. They look like giant guinea pigs!
Coati.
Chipmunk.
Water Loving Animals
Penguins. They can be noisy!
Let’s dance!
Shedding baby fur.
Emperor penguin at Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium.
Baby emperor penguin.
Otters. They’re usually moving, so I was happy to get some unblurred photos.
They like sticking together.
Sleeping otters.
A seal at Taronga Zoo. They act a bit like dogs.
Underwater Animals
Dugong eating lettuce at Sea Life Sydney Aquarium (video).
Weedy sea dragon.
Seahorse.
Axolotl.
Sea urchin.
Cuttlefish at the Australian Museum, Sydney. It was very friendly (video).
Giant cuttlefish.
Octopus at Solitary Islands Aquarium, Coffs Harbour. It was very active.
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