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Article #371Re: where are wombats?
From: Gary R. Schmidt
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 06:02
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 06:02
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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-)
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