Re: where are wombats?

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From: Gary R. Schmidt
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 06:42

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Mick wrote:
> "Gary R. Schmidt" <grschmidt@acm.org> wrote in message
> news:4t4m3eF12eev2U1@mid.individual.net...
> : David W wrote:
> : > <wombat@fancier.net> wrote in message news:m06102801585169@4ax.com...
> : >> Can someone tell me whether Wombats live only in Australia,
> : >
> : > No.
> : >
> : >> or also on other continents?
> : >
> : > Yes. Wombats are native to and live predominantly in Antarctica, where
> they make
> : > burrows in the ice and feed on penguins. They arrived in Australia by
> hiding on
> : > ships returning from scientific expeditions. In Australia they feed on
> magpies,
> : > which they confuse with penguins (Australia does have penguins, but not
> many).
> : >
> : > They are gradually spreading north along Australia's east coast and are
> : > increasingly regarded as a menace, partly for their mazes of burrows
> under
> : > people's back yards, which subsequently collapse, and partly because
> they are
> : > wiping out the magpie population, which is an important part of the food
> chain.
> : > Some suburbs of Melbourne are overrun with wombats.
> : Slight correction, it should be "undermined with wombats", I lost a lawn
> : mower down one the other day!!
> :
> : Cheers,
> : Gary B-)
> :
> A lawn mower eh?? I once saw a house go down a wombat hole. (:-P
> Oh and I forgot to add watch out for the "drop bears". They're real nasty
> creatures.  LOL
Yes, but if I'd said "eighteen wheeler" someone would have thought I was
exaggerating!

	Cheers,
		Gary	B-)

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