Word: opossums
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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...considerable distinction in being on terms of familiarity with a live cassowary, to say nothing of a wallaroo. These men derive great satisfaction from pacing the deck with the paw of a wallaby tucked under one arm, and a cortege consisting of a duck-billed platypus, a green opossum and wombats trailing in the rear. One ship brought a huge tortoise, the last of his race, giant lizards, penguins and cormorants that had forgotten...