Re: [pic] echidna

On Sat, 30 Jun 2001 22:25:51 +0200, "Christian 'CeeJay' Jensen"
<new...@ceejay.cjb.nOt> provoked the following text:

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>> >But what /is/ an echidna? I've never heard of it.
>> >To me it looks a bit like an aardhedgehog.
>>
>> It's like a hedgehog except it's from Australia and has a long snout
>> and tongue for eating ants and stuff iirc.
>
>Isn't it also known as an Anteater ( or ant-eater ) ?

Nope, it really is called an Echidna.
Take a look at http://biology.wsc.mass.edu/mammals/monotremes/echidna01.jpg for
an image of a real Echidna.
-- 
        Peter Punk
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