Posted by beckett2 on November 6, 2018, at 16:30:06
In reply to Re: one of my favorite FDOTM, posted by sigismund on November 6, 2018, at 8:14:29
> Are all the native mammals of Australia marsupials? I exclude the dingo. There are monotremes too. We have native rats, but for the life of me I've never been able to know the difference between those and the standard rat.
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> It's a relief anyway. I love Chris Hedges for daring to call out heretics and fascists. Of course Australia is not at all immune. We have just been sheltered somewhat from the worst of neoliberalism and the resulting nightmare. The ALP is by no means perfect but compares very well with the Democratic Party.The case with the Thylacine makes me and my son very sad. The last film and the poor thing paces in a cage. Anything in a cage (except finches and some birds) is miserable. (Maybe snakes don't mind either, depending on the confines.)
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