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The Grampians National Park - Fauna | Flora
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Opportunities for wildlife viewing abound within The Grampians. Almost two hundred species of birds have been recorded within the park. Cockatoos, parrots, honeyeaters, kookaburras, waterbirds . . . through to the massive wedge-tailed eagle can be observed. You can't visit the park without seeing an emu!
Of course, there are plenty of fish in the waterways, and amphibian species in inhabit ponds and swampy regions.
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Mammalian
species number over 40. These include kangaroos, possums, sugar-gliders,
koalas and echidnas. Red-neck wallabies, Grey Kangaroos, Brush-tailed
wallabies and even a Black Wallabies can be observed. Reptillian species
are also numerous, watch out for tiger-snakes, brown-snakes, and black-snakes.
About twenty-eight species of reptiles, including the long-necked tortise,
have been noted in The Grampians.