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  1. 31st January 2008, 07:45 AM #21
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    Quote Originally Posted by CapeLandy View Post
    just for interest sake , what the hell is that??
    Ornithorhynchus anatinus
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  2. 31st January 2008, 07:47 AM #22
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    Quote Originally Posted by 87County View Post
    Ornithorhynchus anatinus
    the name would almost be bigger than the animal its self
    130's rule
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    ornythorinchyus paradoxis ?

    Quote Originally Posted by Numpty's Missus View Post


    Due to having watched "Dot and the Kangaroo" a million times when our daugther was little, I always thought it was ornythorinchyus paradoxis!!

    You mean I have thought wrong all these years

    and everyone thought it was pretty clever that a 3yr old could even say ornythorinchyus paradoxis let alone know what one was ( or wasn't it seems!!)
    yep... was once... in the olden days

    certainly sounded appropriate - being a "paradoxical" animal

    changed to accommodate a taxonomic problem
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  4. 31st January 2008, 01:54 PM #24
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    Man - have you got the BEST office....
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  5. 31st January 2008, 04:45 PM #25
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    Quote Originally Posted by harrier View Post
    Man - have you got the BEST office....
    Yeah, pity I finish up next Friday!
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    What do you do hymie??
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    what a cute little fella ? ah and i had no idea the males were poisenous, thanks you learn something new everyday.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bisho View Post
    What do you do hymie??
    I work as a groundsman/maintenance worker at a campsite.
    Forest Edge CYC, Neerim East, Victoria, Australia.
    I finish on the 8th of Feb and start on the 9th at Victoria | Walhalla | Mountain Rivers Lodge | Accomodation | BYO Horse | Horse Riding
    Thrown in with that is more regular tour work with Mountain-Top Experience and in my free time
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    I'm trying to work out a discount for AULRO members to stay at Mountain Rivers Lodge.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Barra1 View Post
    I wonder how many children have the pleasure of ever seeing a platypus in the wild.

    It brings back memories of the times my two-year-old son and I spent in Noreuil Park (Albury - on the Murray River) watching a platypus play

    My son is now 26 - and unfortunately it has been many years since a platypus has been seen in that area.

    What an experience for you - you are indeed very fortunate.
    i have never seen one in the wild
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    Quote Originally Posted by Barra1 View Post
    I wonder how many children have the pleasure of ever seeing a platypus in the wild.

    It brings back memories of the times my two-year-old son and I spent in Noreuil Park (Albury - on the Murray River) watching a platypus play

    My son is now 26 - and unfortunately it has been many years since a platypus has been seen in that area.

    What an experience for you - you are indeed very fortunate.
    im 26 now, lived in Huon Valley in tasmania from around 9-13yo and i've seen a fewin the dams and creeks down there......

    i find it a tragedy to see Australias wildlife die off, many times i've had to pull over on the road at night to move an echidna off the road before it got flattened..... you'd think they'd be a lil more appreciative!

    wombats are a slightly different story, friend hit one in a WB statesman, totalled the lower stonetray and ended up parked on top of the wombat, jacked the statesman up, dragged the wombat out from under it, and before they could check it over it slowly waddled off......
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