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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 2000
Page
7
Australia selects three animal mascots for the Olympic Games. Olly the kookaburra Syd the platypus and Millie the koala symbolize national traits and charm.
The kookaburra laughs and hunts small prey from treetops and riverbanks. The platypus with a ducklike bill and rubbery snout lives along riverbanks and hunts shrimp snails and insects. The echidna, the spiny anteater, bears bristles and defends by curling into a ball while feeding on ants and termites.
A dingo mother and her pup are described as part of Australia’s wild dogs. Dingos can be tamed when young and are often viewed as pests for occasional pack attacks on cattle and sheep. They seldom bark and mostly howl.
Australia hosts many reptiles including crocodiles turtles and about 160 kinds of snakes. The frill-necked lizard is noted for its neck frill that pops up when frightened.
A compact tour of Australian marsupials. It explains female pouches and newborns finding the nipple, koalas in trees and on ground, baby timelines, eyelids, and misnamed “bears.” It notes eucalyptus leaves, pygmy possums, and Australia’s isolation after ancient continental drift. It contrasts urban Aussies with outback sightings.
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