the lumholz.ront legs are the long ones and has the rare kangaroo ability to walk backwards. australia has a lot of poisonous snakes. the ten most lethal on the planet. this one the eastern brown snake, can stop a human heart with one bite into the skin. otherwise, australia is an amazingly gentle environment for awkwardly put together and relatively defenseless creatures like the platypus. which was once considered a hoax animal with a bill like a duck and a tail like a beaver and poison-tipped feet. weird. but wonderful. also wonderful, this bird. the liar bird. it can imitate any sound. really, any sound. budgies. they like to hang together. they work so hard all day that they drink water equal to more than 5% of their own body weight daily. the laughing kookaburra. some size diversity now. this thing, the pigmy glider, is about the length of a piece of gum. but look at this bat. the flying fox bat. those are three-foot swings that can move these animals along at 30 miles an hour. now some sit