Column 189

Leo, Roving Reporter

Report from: Bathurst
Story filed:  Moloch horridus  

Hi people, it's Leo here. Today I am going to talk about the Thorny Devil. 

I was asked to to do a project on the Thorny Devil and I found out lots of things I didn't know. Did you know that the Thorny Devil can't drink water like other animals but it's skin is like a drinking straw - there are little channels all over the body leading to the mouth and all the lizard (it is a lizard) has to do is suck and all the dew that has gathered on the lizard's thorny spines goes travels down the channels in to its' mouth. The Thorny Devil (also known as the Moloch horridus) can eat up to 1,000 ants in a meal. Crazy, I know - I can't do that! 

So, the Thorny Devil can do lots more cool things but unfortunately I can't tell you all of them in this column as there is not enough room. I hope that now you think that the Thorny Devil is cool. I do.

Until next time.
Leo Roving Reporter