Showing posts with label Queensland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Queensland. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Kangaroo attacks woman, 94, as she hangs out washing in garden - Australia

A 94 year-old woman was attacked by a red kangaroo in her Queensland garden in Australia.

Phyllis Johnson was knocked to the ground and kicked several times when she was hanging out the washing. She fended it off with a broom and crawled to safety.

BBC

RED KANGAROO PICTURE


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Wednesday, July 06, 2011

Giant Wombat of Oz - scientists find marsupial the size of a 4x4 car

A huge wombat skeleton has been found by scientists in Queensland, Australia, according to the BBC.

The enormous marsupial, which would have been the size of a four-wheel car, lived two million years ago and the find is said to be "one of the most significant pre-historic discoveries" in Australia.

BBC STORY

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