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Wildlife

Native Wildlife in Monash

Native animals are animals that are indigenous to a given region or ecosystem.

Living with Wildlife

It is important to protect and care for wildlife, by providing habitat, water sources and suitable plants.

Swooping birds

During spring dive-bombing birds begin swooping people to protect their nests during breeding season.

Impacts of feeding birds

It may be fun to feed birds but it does them more harm than good.

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