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Australiana - the Echidna

The echidna is on the list of Australiana.

A particular native mammal is everywhere in Australia. It is the great adapter. The ubiquitous echidna is its name. The Short-beaked Echidna, Tachiglossus aculeatus, is even found in the Australian Alps. Like the anteater its has a long nose, but that is where the similarity ends. They both eat ants. The echidna has no teeth. In some ways it is like a hedgehog, using spines for defence.

They have developed a way of safe mating. The male digs a trench. The female get in as does the male. The male carefully lifts the female's tail and while lying on his side pushes his tail underneath her. No harm is done by the spines.

Offspring feed by licking up milk that oozes from the mother's milk patches. They do not have nipples. Babies are born without spines. The mother pushes them away when the spines begin to grow at seven weeks. She feeds on ants and continues to return every five days to feed the young.

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Rate of Food Allergies Is Rising

Why does Australia have the highest rate of food alergy in the world? This is a question that should be answered. Managing the problem is important. Research is needed to find out why this is the case.

People in developing countries are rapidly catching up with the Western world as they adopt a "modern" food consumption style. Clearly we are eating the wrong kind of food. Refined products and those with artificial food flavoring, coloring and preservatives must be responsible.

Humans have eaten natural food for over 99 per cent of evolutionary time. The way we live has also changed. Children today are protected from the natural environment. Only a small minority of Western children actually play outside, where there are are natural flora and fauna so they can build resistance.

Food allergy has increased more than alergies such as asthma. Only northern Europeans evolved to be able to digest milk. It is no wonder that mixed race citizens and even those of general European decent have a milk allergy. When Asian people move to Western countries whole families go down with allergies.

We need a return to the old ways. Children need to put down electronic game pads, go outside and experiment with nature. A controversial thing is mothers' milk. Feeding young children cows milk is unnatural. Mothers pass on disease resistance when they feed babies breast milk. It contains immune-modulating compounds that make a young child's gut operate more efficiently.

For many allergies there is no treatment. The only answer is to find the "culprit" and stop ingesting it or being near it. Even autism has been shown to respond to high doses of probiotics.