The things you learn!

[elefianora]

Gwen and I were doing her school reader this morning. Rivetting stuff of the form "An A is large. A B is small. A C is large..." We got to the last page. "A kowari is small." It had a cute picture of a thing that looks like a marsupial mouse. What on earth is that? So we looked it up. It is a carniverous marsupial rat, native to SA, in the area around Lake Eyre. It is listed as a vulnerable species.

http://www.australianfauna.com/kowari.php

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowari