Animals

Its enormous size was accompanied by a huge weight of 2,65 kg (5,84 lb).

Females are slightly smaller, typically measuring 3 meters long.

The wingspan is 13 to 15 mm. The female fly is larger than the male.

It feeds on fruit, pollen, nectar and various insects.

They eat various types of vegetation, including grasses, leaves, stems, and bark. A recent study indicates they are particularly fond of flowering plants of the genus Guichenotia.

They prefer deciduous forests rich in various types of hiding places.

Males are larger and have longer, more massive bills.

Many of them managed to escape from the farms and were released by various environmental organizatio ...

The winter fur begins to grow in August and molts in the spring. Young animals start to grow fur during the first winter.

Around 10,000 quokkas live there today.