X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,5f30ec24806714f0 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-02 14:20:43 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!news-out.nibble.net!hub1.nntpserver.com!cyclone-sjo1.usenetserver.com!news-out-sjo.usenetserver.com!amsnews01.chello.com!nlnews00.chello.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: ppunk@damthatspam.chello.nl (Peter Punk) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: [pic] echidna Organization: Total Disorganisation Message-ID: References: <9hlcjk$8ie$1@news.inet.tele.dk> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 43 Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2001 21:16:19 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.93.74.225 X-Complaints-To: abuse@chello.nl X-Trace: nlnews00.chello.com 994108579 213.93.74.225 (Mon, 02 Jul 2001 20:16:19 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2001 20:16:19 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:6489 On Sat, 30 Jun 2001 22:25:51 +0200, "Christian 'CeeJay' Jensen" provoked the following text: >> >> . >> >> ._`-\ )\,`-.-. >> >> \'\` \)\ \)\ \|.) >> >> \`) |\) )\ .)\ )\| >> >> \ \)\ |)\ ` \ .')/| >> >> ``-.\ \ )\ ` . ., '( >> >> \\ -. `)\``- ._ .)` |\(,_ >> >> `__ '\ `-- _\`. ` (/ >> >> `\,\ .\\ / >> >> '` ) (`-.\\ ` >> >> a:f /||\ `. * _*| >> >> `-.( `\ >> >> `. \ >> >> `(c >> >[snip] >> > >> >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 \ / ---\\\\--- / \ Op zoek gaan naar buitenaards leven? Kijk op http://home.hetnet.nl/~setiathomegroep/index.html voor tips, antwoorden, discussies. links, downloads en meer. 1300wu/1.926yrs "There are three principal ways to lose money: wine, women, and engineers. While the first two are more pleasant, the third is by far the more certain." -- Baron Rothschild, ca. 1800