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"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
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