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crocdoc2
at Mon Jan 19 19:45:05 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by crocdoc2 ]
thanks for that. It's been at least three or so years since I last visited NYC, so the gharials probably got too big for that display and were removed in the interim.
I live in Sydney. Monkey puzzles are native to Chile but we have other members of that family (I think even the same genus, in some cases) native to Australia and nearby islands (such as the Norfolk Island pine), but I they don't seem to have the sharp leaves you are referring to. There are a few ornamental monkey puzzles planted around the place, I'll have to have a closer look at one. I can't recall ever seeing a native possum or herp in one (not to say they don't use them) so I have no idea how they'd handle it. A few of the native fan palms and Pandanus have pretty nasty spikes at the base of their leaves and that doesn't seem to deter reptiles.
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