EATING THEIR WEIGHT
Sir, — Referring to "Sundowner’s" notes concerning creatures that eat their weight in food may I add that the platypus-a "Living fossil’ kiown also as the Australian duckbill, consumes its own weight of food each day, If the scientists are to be believed, Australian marsupial mice also do thé ‘same. The smaller placental mammals, 4nd especially shrews and moles, are, ¢red@ited with the eating of more than theit own weight of food daily.
J. MALTON
MURRAY
(Odmaru),
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 32, Issue 820, 15 April 1955, Page 5
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79EATING THEIR WEIGHT New Zealand Listener, Volume 32, Issue 820, 15 April 1955, Page 5
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