Wednesday, November 30, 2011

A famous Australian animal!

Un gran saludo a mis amigos de El Villar! or, in Australian...A big Hello to my friends at El Villar
 
Is Alan's Spanish improving?
 
This week I have some photos of a famous Australian animal...those of you in Year 3 may remember Alan's Australian coins. Well, the 20 cent coin has a strange animal on it...remember?
It has webbed feet and a bill (mouth) like a duck, it lays eggs like a duck, has a flat tail like a beaver, makes a burrow like a rabbit, has very soft fur, and just loves the water.  It's a Platypus...remember?
Here are some more photos of this strange animal.

 

Do you think this animal is cute?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

10 comments:

  1. hello alan , the platypus is very cool and the australian coins is very interesant. jaime greeting

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  2. Perry the platypus! You see the cartoons of Phineas y Ferb?
    Du,bi,du,bi,du,ba.Du,bi,du,bi,du,ba!
    Agent P!

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  3. Right on Lidia! Also, Syd the Platypus was one of three mascots for the Sydney Olympic Games...google "Sydney 2000 Mascots" and you should find out what he looks like.

    Alan

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  4. Teresa,
    The platypus is a semi-aqauatic mammal from the east side of Australia. It has a long scientific name "Ornithorhynchus anatinus". I wonder if Mercedes or Ana or Sandra can pronounce that for you?

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  5. In Spanish, it's called "ornitorrinco", so the scientific name is not very difficult to pronounce. That word means it has a beak like a bird's.
    I think it's really cute, Alan!

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  6. Thank you Mercedes. Alan has learned one more new thing.

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  7. Alan can don mea description of the.

    THANK YOU!!!

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