It’s very hard to stay focused while working in a zoo!
This is a Black-headed Monitor!
These guys are relatively small species of monitor lizards and can be found near rivers in forests, scrublands, woodlands, and sometimes deserts. 🏜️
Black-headed Monitors take shelter in tight spaces such as loose bark, tree hollows, and rocky crevices. 🌲
Look what just hatched!! 😍
Our baby Central Bearded Dragons just hatched after 60 days of incubation! Central Bearded Dragons are medium-to-large Aussie lizards that can grow up to 60cm long—with half of that being tail! 😮
Their famous ‘beard’ is what gives them their name! Males have darker beards especially during mating season. 👩🏼🤝👨🏽
Did you know, snake? 😂
Who said Instagram had to be serious?
Enjoy a small compilation of our educational videos in a not so educational way.
Do you know what animals were featured in this video? 🧐
Central Bearded Dragon - native to semi-arid regions of eastern Australia, Central Beardies are omnivorous, semi-arboreal lizards. 🏜️
Scrub Python - the longest snake in Australia that can be found in north-eastern Queensland (non-venomous). 🐍
Sugar Glider - Australia’s flying possum! Nocturnal, omnivorous marsupials that live inside tree hollows. 🌲
Have you met Honey the Woma Python before?
This gorgeous snake is different to most due to its lack of heat-sensing pits on its face.
Woma Python’s feed on a variety of vertebrates, but mostly feed on reptiles as they don’t have the adaptations to find warm-blooded prey! 🦎
These snakes can be found in arid, hot parts of the country, spending their days sheltering in hollow logs or burrows.
Before reading the text on screen, did you know what this animal was? 🧐
These are Fat-tailed Dunnarts! Native to New South Wales, South Australia, Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory. 🗺️
Don’t be fooled by their cute and ‘cuddly’ appearance because these guys are ferocious predators! With speed and agility, Fat-tailed Dunnarts feast on beetles, spiders, slaters, worms and slugs! 🐌
And what is that chunky tail for? Fat-tailed Dunnarts store fat in the tail when food is abundant. This helps dunnarts survive when food is in short supply!
New month, new babies! 😍
We’re so excited to announce that we have two new baby Bearded Dragons at RE!
There tiny guys are Central Bearded Dragons, native to the semi-arid interior of eastern Australia, including western NSW and the Riverina. 🏜️
Meet the Sugar Glider! Australia’s own flying marsupial! ✈️
There are many species of gliders, however Sugar’s are found in Eastern Australia along the coastal side of the Great Dividing Range.
Sugar gliders are nocturnal, meaning they sleep during the day and awaken at night to find food! 🌜
Have you ever seen one in the wild? Let us know below! 🥰
Gigi the Barking Owl is back with a vengeance 🦉🔊!
This time, it’s the Demon Edition — lots of loud, quirky noises and a tasty treat of mice 😈🍽️.
As a barking owl, Gigi’s famous for her unique, eerie calls that sound like... well, barking!
These incredible birds are known for their huge personalities and vocal antics, and Gigi never disappoints. 😂
Happy Lunar New Year everyone! 🧧🎊
2025 is the Year of the Wood Snake, so we thought we’d show you one of our beautiful arboreal pythons, the Scrub Python.
The Scrub Python is the longest snake in Australia. Measuring up to 8m in length and 25kg in weight. That’s a BIG snake! 🐍
Wishing you all great fortune, wisdom and transformation this Lunar New Year!
BANDICOOTS BANDICOOTS BANDICOOTS!
Meet our inquisitive Northern brown bandicoots! 🐾
With a long pointed snout and rounded ears, Northern brown bandicoots are native to northern and eastern Australia.
These guys live in wet tropical and subtropical forests, woodlands, shrublands and tall grasslands. 🌲
Northern brown bandicoots are omnivores! They like to eat insects, spiders, earthworms and other invertebrates, as well as tubers, underground fungi, seeds and fruits! 🍄
Hoopies!
#shinglebacklizard
*crunch crunch crunch*
Do you know what these animals are? They’re Long-nosed potoroos! 🐾
These marsupials live in wet and dry sclerophyll forests, coastal heaths and coastal woodlands. 🌲
Long-nosed potoroos and can be found along the east coast of Australia from southern Queensland, through New South Wales, to western Victoria, and throughout much of Tasmania.
