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Easter Bilby
Ha! How cute! In Australia they have the Easter Bilby instead of the
Easter Bunny :-) http://www.easterbilby.com.au/default.asp -- Britta Sandpaper kisses, a cuddle and a purr. I have an alarm clock that's covered in fur! Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album |
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"badwilson" wrote in message
... Ha! How cute! In Australia they have the Easter Bilby instead of the Easter Bunny :-) http://www.easterbilby.com.au/default.asp The Bilby is an endangered species whereas the rabbit is an introduced species and is considered to be vermen. Someone, I think it was a conservation group, came up with the Easter Bilby idea a few years ago. -- Alan Erskine We can get people to the Moon in five years, not the fifteen GWB proposes. Give NASA a real challenge |
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Yes, I think they're adorable. I had been discussing this on another
newsgroup before my trip to Australia last April. I met her while I was there, and she presented me with a chocolate Easter Bilby. They made the change because rabbits are considered pests down under, rather than being thought of as cute, cuddly creatures. Joy "badwilson" wrote in message ... Ha! How cute! In Australia they have the Easter Bilby instead of the Easter Bunny :-) http://www.easterbilby.com.au/default.asp -- Britta Sandpaper kisses, a cuddle and a purr. I have an alarm clock that's covered in fur! Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album |
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On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 11:19:32 +0700, "badwilson"
yodeled: Ha! How cute! In Australia they have the Easter Bilby instead of the Easter Bunny :-) http://www.easterbilby.com.au/default.asp I would have expected the Easter Bunyip. Eeeeek! Theresa alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful. (Aldous Huxley) |
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"Alan Erskine" wrote in message ... "badwilson" wrote in message ... Ha! How cute! In Australia they have the Easter Bilby instead of the Easter Bunny :-) http://www.easterbilby.com.au/default.asp The Bilby is an endangered species whereas the rabbit is an introduced species and is considered to be vermen. Someone, I think it was a conservation group, came up with the Easter Bilby idea a few years ago. They're oddly cute little beasties - saw some on the "Australian Wildlife Rescue" program on Animal Planet a few weeks ago. -- Jette Goldie Apache and Dakota http://www.jette.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/kitties.html |
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They have all kinds of odd critters Down Under. Someone sent me a
hilarious photo the other day of a woman in a supermarket leading a huge kangaroo on a leash. The 'roo was wearing a muzzle, and the lady was using his pouch to carry her groceries. I've been wondering ever since if that could be real or was the photo faked. badwilson wrote: Ha! How cute! In Australia they have the Easter Bilby instead of the Easter Bunny :-) http://www.easterbilby.com.au/default.asp -- Britta Sandpaper kisses, a cuddle and a purr. I have an alarm clock that's covered in fur! Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album |
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On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 09:09:00 -0800, David Yehudah
yodeled: They have all kinds of odd critters Down Under. Someone sent me a hilarious photo the other day of a woman in a supermarket leading a huge kangaroo on a leash. The 'roo was wearing a muzzle, and the lady was using his pouch to carry her groceries. I've been wondering ever since if that could be real or was the photo faked. badwilson wrote: Faked, I would guess. They aren't friendly, especially the "huge" ones, as you describe. And we recently discussed how they can lose their fear of humans and become pests in some tourist spots, and hit you up for your lunch, but they aren't really "tame." Since the pouch is for carrying babies, I can't imagine that a roo would be very happy about someone putting their groceries in them. Theresa alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful. (Aldous Huxley) |
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"Kreisleriana" wrote in message
... On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 09:09:00 -0800, David Yehudah yodeled: They have all kinds of odd critters Down Under. Someone sent me a hilarious photo the other day of a woman in a supermarket leading a huge kangaroo on a leash. The 'roo was wearing a muzzle, and the lady was using his pouch to carry her groceries. I've been wondering ever since if that could be real or was the photo faked. badwilson wrote: Faked, I would guess. They aren't friendly, especially the "huge" ones, as you describe. And we recently discussed how they can lose their fear of humans and become pests in some tourist spots, and hit you up for your lunch, but they aren't really "tame." Since the pouch is for carrying babies, I can't imagine that a roo would be very happy about someone putting their groceries in them. I'd say "faked" as well. 'Roos can be "tamed" like lions, tigers and bears, but aren't ever really *tame*, despite how the show "Skippy" depicted them (and hte 'roo in Skippy was actually a wallaby) Yowie |
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Yowie wrote in message u... .. And we recently discussed how they can lose their fear of humans and become pests in some tourist spots, and hit you up for your lunch Sheep do that in the Peak District of England. I've been mugged for a cheese and tomato sandwich on so many hilltops that I've lost count. |
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I'm still not sure; I went back and studied the photo a little closer
and noticed that the critter was also wearing handcuffs on his ankles and his shadow was placed as it would be normally if it were a real photo. The groceries in the pouch did look faked, seeming to be lit much brighter. There's also a question as to whether the animal would have been allowed in a grocery store. Yowie wrote: "Kreisleriana" wrote in message ... On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 09:09:00 -0800, David Yehudah yodeled: They have all kinds of odd critters Down Under. Someone sent me a hilarious photo the other day of a woman in a supermarket leading a huge kangaroo on a leash. The 'roo was wearing a muzzle, and the lady was using his pouch to carry her groceries. I've been wondering ever since if that could be real or was the photo faked. badwilson wrote: Faked, I would guess. They aren't friendly, especially the "huge" ones, as you describe. And we recently discussed how they can lose their fear of humans and become pests in some tourist spots, and hit you up for your lunch, but they aren't really "tame." Since the pouch is for carrying babies, I can't imagine that a roo would be very happy about someone putting their groceries in them. I'd say "faked" as well. 'Roos can be "tamed" like lions, tigers and bears, but aren't ever really *tame*, despite how the show "Skippy" depicted them (and hte 'roo in Skippy was actually a wallaby) Yowie |
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