Dingo pups are born in litters – an average of five are born per litter, but the number can reach ten. Pups become independent at three to four months old.

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Baby spotted-tailed quolls, born at WILD LIFE Sydney last year. Read the story.

A 6-month-old golden possum, born at WILD LIFE in Sydney. These adorable and rare creatures are an unusual form of the common brushtail possum that get their fluffy golden coats from a genetic mutation that results in low levels of melanin in their skin and fur; this is the same pigment that gives human skin and hair its colour and makes you look tanned.

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A baby freshwater crocodile is surprisingly strong for its size.

Infant koalas – joeys – emerge from their mothers’ pouches at about six months of age; they then travel around on her back for a further six months.

A young brush turkey, around two weeks old.
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A five-week-old baby wedge-tailed eagle. ‘Wedgies’ pair off for life; the male and female both incubate the eggs but Dad does all the hunting once the chicks hatch.

After she lays a cluster – between five and 20 – of beautiful dark green eggs, the mother emu leaves the nesting area and never returns. The chicks are reared by their father for up to two years.

Orphaned wombats are often in care for up to two years before they can be released into the wild. They need to be bottle-fed and also require lots of attention and cuddles to simulate a motherly relationship.

The young of the Pademelon develops much the same as that of the wallaby – the key difference is the difference in size between the two species.

A puggle – baby echidna – in hand.

Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) babies. Mothers carry the babies for 21 days, giving birth to up to 40 young – which are about the size of a grain of rice. Only the strongest four make it to suckle the four teats in the pouch.

A wallaby mum and joey. Joeys will stay in the pouch until they have all their fur and are able to jump by themselves. Some bigger joeys still like the comfort of mum’s pouch.

A flatback turtle hatchling weighs just 43g when it emerges from one of 50 eggs laid by its mother in nests on tropical beaches and offshore islands of Australia. Adults can weigh as much as 90kg.

Around five days after giving birth, a mother fur seal leaves her pup for a week to go and feed at sea.

A baby wombat in the snow.

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A baby elephant seal on Macquarie Island, in the sub-Antarctic.

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Baby black-faced woodswallows in the Northern Territory.

A baby southern brown bandicoot young in pouch, Parkerville, Perth Hills, WA. Bandicoots have a backward-facing pouch and can successfully rear two to three young at a time. Once they begin to grow fur and are quite large, the mother sometimes leaves them in a nest when she goes out to forage. They become independent only a few days after weaning and are extremely cute to see in your backyard.