Hey leadbelly
Sorry steam was messing up last night, so I couldn't talk to you properly. I could read everything you sent in at one stage, but not write out. It was so frustrating =/
Anyway, to answer your question my favourite Australian animals are:
Bilby
Platypus
Rainbow Lorikeet
Not as famous or popular are kangaroos or koalas, but they are surely the best.
I read a lot of English books as a kid, so things like badgers (as I mentioned), hedgehogs, foxes, otters, squirrels and stuff were really exciting and foreign to me (still are). We have rabbits and deer but since they were introduced most people just try to kill them off ;.; American animals like beers, moose, wolves, and hamsters seem pretty exotic too.
I personally tend to assume that everybody with a real girl avatar is a girl and everybody with a cartoon girl avatar is a boy. Probably my '90s-influenced misandry at work.
edit: Also Billie Piper, a la Who-GAF.
sorry
Actually, I think most of the people with photos of girls are guys.