Fauna of Australia in Australia, feeding on sea grass in coastal areas. The destruction of sea grass beds is a threat to the survival of this species. Eleven species of seal—family Pinnipedia—live off the southern coast. Australia and its territories are home to around 800 species of bird; 45% of these are endemic to Australia. The fossil record of birds in Australia is patchy; however, there are records of the ancestors of contemporary species as early as the Late Oligocene. Birds with a Gondwanan history include the flightless ratites (the emu and southern cassowary), megapodes (the malleefowl and Australian brush-turkey), and a huge
Emu Creek Station Emu Creek Station Emu Creek or Emu Creek Station is a pastoral lease and cattle station located approximately east of Coral Bay and south east of Exmouth in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The station occupies an area of and has a carrying capacity of 1,590 head of cattle. The property was established in 1891 and occupied an area of almost . Initially sheep were run at Emu Creek and some 20,000 were pastured and shorn in the early years. The station also runs a Bureau of Meteorology weather station which in 2014 recorded 67 days of temperatures of