Re: Possums was Anhingas (A Challenge)

[Dann Pigdon <dannj@alphalink.com.au>]

don ohmes wrote:
> 
> Now tell me why possums don't get: stronger, prettier,
> faster, smarter, or anything else. (What's it been
> now, =>60 mys?)

That may be so for your inferior American possums - but our Aussie lot
are plenty cute! Plus In the absence of nasty old placental competition,
Australian possums have evolved into a diverse group of animals. 

Some of them have learned to glide, and city-bred brush-tailed possums
are often larger and more audacious than your average house cat. Some
species have not only managed to adapt to the humanly-wrought
environmental changes of the last 200 years, but have actually thrived. 

Plus they're taking New Zealand by storm (take that, you pathetic
endangered therapod decendants!)

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Dann Pigdon
GIS / Archaeologist         http://www.geocities.com/dannsdinosaurs
Melbourne, Australia        http://heretichides.soffiles.com
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