DOWN UNDER.

AUSTRALIA; NEW Zealand; NEW Guinea (Island)

This section presents the introduction of the book Animal Trackers Around the World: Down Under." Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea are said to be down under because of where they are found on the globe. The animals found in these lands are very different from those in other places. Koalas look like bears but are not. There are birds that cannot fly. The kangaroo hops on its two hind legs. The platypus has a ducklike bill, digs burrows, and oozes milk from its belly. In this book, the reader will find out about the marsupials, or animals that carry and suckle their young in a pouch, and monotremes, the only mammals that lay eggs.