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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 са�centimeterssum, and weighs just honey badger 13-17 G.

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Торренс ( Torrens) – the second largest salt lake in Australia undrained. located in the states South Australia, in 345 km north of Adelaide. Specified area of ​​the lake is quite relative, as in the past 150 years, it is completely filled with water only once.

The lake is open to Edward Eyre 1839, subsequent 20 years it was, that Lake Torrens - a huge shallow salt lake in the shape of a horseshoe, surrounding the northern Flinders Ranges and blocks the way to the interior of the country.

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Within the subtropical zone there are three types of climate: Mediterranean, subtropical humid continental and subtropical.

The Mediterranean climate is characteristic of the south-western Australia, climate of this part of the mainland climate is similar to the European Mediterranean countries - Spain and Southern France. Summers are hot and, Usually, dry, and winter is warm and humid. Relatively small changes in temperature at the time of the year (January - 23-27 °C, June - 12-14 ° C), sufficient rainfall (from 600 before 1000 mm).

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