Quokka
Hi,/everyone! Let me show you a cute animal/in Australia.
Look at these pictures. I wonder/if you’ve seen this animal before. It’s a quokka. It lives/only in the marshy areas of Western Australia. It has a round body/and is as big as a cat. It’s a marsupial animal/and has long strong legs like a kangaroo. So,/it can bound along quickly.
Quokkas once widely inhabited Western Australia. But human cultivation robbed them/of their habitat. Other animals which people brought to Australia/attacked quokkas/and their numbers decreased.
You can,/however,/still see wild quokkas living on Rottnest Island. This is/because Rottnest Island is off the coast/and there is little threat from humans or animals. People now visit the island on holidays/and enjoy watching quokkas.
Because quokkas like hard nuts, bark and leaves,/the muscles at the corners of their mouths develop. So,/quokkas look like/they are smiling. That’s why they are called/“the happiest animals in the world.” We must take care of them.
On the other hand,/in order to protect quokkas,/we must not touch or feed them. I hope/that quokkas will “smile” forever!
Thank you for listening.
Hi,/everyone! Let me show you a cute animal/in Australia.
Look at these pictures. I wonder/if you’ve seen this animal before. It’s a quokka. It lives/only in the marshy areas of Western Australia. It has a round body/and is as big as a cat. It’s a marsupial animal/and has long strong legs like a kangaroo. So,/it can bound along quickly.
Quokkas once widely inhabited Western Australia. But human cultivation robbed them/of their habitat. Other animals which people brought to Australia/attacked quokkas/and their numbers decreased.
You can,/however,/still see wild quokkas living on Rottnest Island. This is/because Rottnest Island is off the coast/and there is little threat from humans or animals. People now visit the island on holidays/and enjoy watching quokkas.
Because quokkas like hard nuts, bark and leaves,/the muscles at the corners of their mouths develop. So,/quokkas look like/they are smiling. That’s why they are called/“the happiest animals in the world.” We must take care of them.
On the other hand,/in order to protect quokkas,/we must not touch or feed them. I hope/that quokkas will “smile” forever!
Thank you for listening.