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July 6, 2011 09:29 am PDT
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Giant wombat discovered
Fossil hunters in Queensland unearthed the 2-million year old remains of a giant wombat. Phil Mercer writes: Prof Mike Archer, a professor of biological science at the University of New South Wales, described the discovery as extraordinary. "We found the most gigantic marsupial ever known," he told the BBC. "These were very huge animals but with pouches. If one tried to visualise what this thing looked like, you'd have to sort of think of a gigantic wombat on steroids." Beast needs a theme tune. 'Giant wombat' skeleton found in Australia's Queensland [BBC]...Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/_ZtA3lX3tFk/giant-wombat-discove.html
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