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Dictionary » W » Wombat Wombatwombat (Science: zoology) Any one of three species of Australian burrowing marsupials of the genus Phascolomys, especially the common species (P. Ursinus). They are nocturnal in their habits, and feed mostly on roots. Origin: From the native name, womback, wombach, in Australia. ![]()
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Results from our forumWorlds strongest animal-in size... too long ago (under 100,000 years[short relative to geological time scales]) a 100 kilo marsupial lion lived in Australia (most closley related to wombat) which scientists have found to have had the strongest bite of any organism in the world...ever..., of coarse this is only bite strength although ...
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Cellular organelles and characteristics of epithelial tissue... secretion, absorption, or something else. Thus, major organelle(s) appear in one epithelium could be different ffrom another one. I think wombat mixed up between "chromoplast" and "chromatophore", which he refers to "chromatophore", epithelium which contains ...
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Australia's Megafauna... I don't know at what stage in time the Megafauna walked this continent but it would of been a fair ways back when there was giant Kangaroo and Wombat As what David said above if you get geographical isolation new species soon evolve as in Darwins natural selection theory within the Galapagos ...
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The Fiber Disease... Disease research (the incurable X Files-like disease in which colored fibers grow from your skin), protecting the endangered hairy-nosed wombat or promoting the fruitarian diet. You are too kind, really Sincerely,
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[Help] Wombat... now-extinct Genyornis and the surviving emu (Dromaius)--in three Australian locations. They then corroborated their findings by analyzing ancient wombat teeth. “What your mother told you is true: You are what you eat,” stated co-author of the study Marilyn Fogel of Carnegie. “Eggshells and teeth ...
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