Crash bandicoot is a real extinct marsupial; a 14.6-million-year-old Queensland jaw named for the game
Crash bandicoot is also the name of an extinct Queensland marsupial, known from one 14.6-million-year-old jaw and named after the game in 2014.
Queensland
Australia’s northern hairy-nosed wombat grew from 35 animals in the early 1980s to more than 400 by 2024
The critically endangered yaminon now lives at three fenced sites in Queensland, grazes only two hours a day in summer and makes cube-shaped droppings.
The avocado shed that became Australia Zoo’s wildlife hospital has now taken in 136,000 animals
Lyn Irwin's idea became a one-room clinic in 2004. The Queensland hospital now admits 9,000 to 10,000 animals a year, and birds make up 43 percent of patients.