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Australia – is the happiest country

  

Organization for economic cooperation and development, OECD, component of life index by country, Australia recognized the "happiest country" giving Australia a deserved first place – Australia – the lucky country.

  

  

Australia led the OECD index of a better life thanks to the fact that Australia did not touch on the European economic crisis, the country has virtually full employment and is experiencing an economic boom, caused by high demand for minerals, that Australia is so rich.

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Hobotnogolovy couscous or Possum, honey badger

Hobotnogolovy couscous or Possum, honey badger (Rostratus Tarsipes или Tarsipes spenserae) – marsupial mammal of the order dvureztsovyh, this is the only kind of family. Possum, honey badger lives in the south-western coastal regions Zap. Australia.

Possum, honey badger is adapted to feeding on pollen and nectar of flowers, his face is stretched in the proboscis, which is approximately 2/3 length of the head, and language, covered with long and thin with long setiform papillae and may protrude from the mouth to the 2,5 centimeters. Language-possum represents a kind of honey badger brush to collect pollen, and an elongated snout is tube to suck the nectar.

Possum, honey badger is very small creature, its size is less than the mouse: body length 7-8 сантиметра, length of the tail – 9-10 саcentimeterssum, and weighs just honey badger 13-17 G.

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City of Townsville, Townsville

The Australian city of Townsville (Townsville), located in the northeastern part of the Stata Kvislend and is the center of the same area of ​​local government. The population of Townsville 143 thousand people. Most major cities are nearby in Mackay 330 kilometers south-east and in the Cairns 300 kilometers to the north.

City of Townsville is located in the 1300 kilometers north of Brisbane and is situated in proximity to the Great Barrier Reef because of this city became a center for research of coral reefs. In Townsville there is a very large tropical aquarium, which contains rare species of flora and fauna of the Great Barrier Reef.

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