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I am the only animal to have the same Latin and common name.
I have a pouch like a kangaroo but I live in trees and eat eucalyptus leaves. What am I?
I have legs but seldom walk; I backbite many but never talk; I seek places that can hide me because those that feed me cannot abide me
In all the world, none can compare, to this tiny weaver, his deadly cloth so silky and fair.
What screams when put in a pot of boiling water?
I am the fountain from which no one can drink. For many I am considered a necessary link. Like gold to all I am sought for, but my continued death brings wealth for all to want more.