Just
like you, all animals and plants need water to survive. But
some animals not only drink it, they live in it. Rivers and
streams, swamps and wetlands and our oceans and beaches are
home to hundreds of creatures from the huge Blue Whale to
a tiny shrimp.
Many
of these species are threatened - why not pick one of
them for your drawing? The top 600 pictures of aquatic
animals will be on display at the Australian National Maritime
Museum.
Here's
a list of some of these threatened species, but there are
many more! Go on an expedition to find them in books or on
the Internet.
Rivers
and Streams
Fish
Eastern Freshwater Cod - Maccullochella ikei
Oxleyan
Pygmy Perch - Nannoperca oxleyana
Mammals
Platypus
- Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Hastings
River Mouse - Pseudomys oralis
Fishing
Bat or Large-footed Myotis - Myotis adversus
Invertebrates
River
Snail - Notopala sublineata
Reptiles
Bellinger
River Emydura (a tortoise) - Emydura macquarii
Oceans
and Beaches
 Fish
Green
Sawfish - Pristis zijsron
Great White Shark - Carcharodon carcharias
Leafy Seadragon - Phycodurus eques
Grey Nurse Shark
Mammals
Humpback
Whale - Megaptera novaeangliae
Australian
fur seal - Artocephalus tropicalis
Dugong
- Dugong dugon
Seabirds
Gould's
Petrel - Pterodroma leucoptera
Little
Tern - Sterna albifrons
Sooty
Oystercatcher - Haematopus fuliginosus
Little
(Fairy) Penguin - Eudyptula minor
Osprey -
Pandion haliaetus cristatus
Reptiles
Green
Turtle - Chelonia mydas
Loggerhead
Turtle - Carretta carretta
Hawksbill
turtle - Eretmochelys imbricata
Wetlands
and Swamps
Amphibians
Corroborree
Frog - Pseudophryne corroboree
Wallum
Froglet - Crinia tinnula
Green
and Golden Bell Frog - Litoria aurea
Mammals
Water
Mouse or False Water Rat - Eromys myoides
Reptiles
Blue
Mountains Water Skink - Eulamprus leuraensis
(PDF)
Western
Swamp tortoise - Pseudemydura umbrina
Invertebrates
Buchanans
Fairy Shrimp - Branchinella buchananensis
Giant
Dragonfly - Petalura Gigantea
Adams
Emerald Dragonfly - Archaeophya adamsi
Birds
Black-necked
Stork - Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
Brolga
- Grus rubicundus
Blue
billed Duck - Oxyura australis
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Threatened
Fish
Aquatic
Invertebrates
Marine
Mammals
Amphibians
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