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Oceania SEE ALSO

▸ ▸ Asia p.29
▸ ▸ Birds p.39
Oceania is a continent made up of Australia, New Zealand, ▸ ▸ Coral reefs p.74
Papua New Guinea, Fiji, and other islands in the tropical ▸ ▸ Deserts p.78
Pacific Ocean. It is home to some of the world’s most ▸ ▸ Mammals p.154

unusual wildlife, including kangaroos, koalas, duck-billed ▸ ▸ Sports p.239
platypuses, and kiwis. ▸ ▸ World p.275

This island, called Male birds of paradise
New Guinea, is have brightly colored
split between feathers, which they
Oceania and Asia. show off to female birds.

Bird of
paradise

Great white Blue-winged Duck-billed Seahorse
kookaburra
platypus
shark
Great Barrier
Reef
Wombat
About
Dingo Saltwater Oceania
crocodile Dolphin The Great Barrier
Uluru Reef is made up
of nearly 3,000
coral reefs.
Redback Koala Population:
Witchetty spider 40.3 million
grubs Opal
Cricket

Surfing Highest point:
These caterpillars live Three Sisters Kiwi Mount Wilhelm
underground, where they rocks
eat roots. They can grow Australian
to 4 /10 in (12 cm) long. rules football
7
Sperm whale Mount Taranaki Lowest point:
This fierce dog-sized Lake Eyre
meat-eater lives
only in Tasmania. Tasmanian devil
Uluru All Blacks
This giant sandstone rugby team Biggest desert:
Great Victoria
rock feature towers over Desert
the landscape of central The kiwi uses
Australia. Uluru is a special its strong legs
for running
place for the aboriginal and fighting. Longest river:
people who have lived Murray
in Australia for thousands Kiwis
of years.
The kiwi is a flightless bird that lives
in New Zealand. It is about the same
size as a chicken, but its egg is six
times the size of a chicken’s egg.

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