Australia is home to many unique and fascinating animals.  Most of these are marsupials, which means their young are born  blind and bald and they complete their development in their mothers pouch. They come in all different sizes from the large kangaroo to the tiny possums.  Australia has some 700 species of birds.  Some of these include the world's most magnificant parrots, the large flightless emu as well as a variety of waterbirds. Other remarkable animals who call Australia home are the platypus, the echidna, crocodiles and a large variety of reptiles, frogs and insects.