I knew a girl in grade school who lived in Paupa New Guinea

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joshua i love you. thanks. papua new guinea roxxors

The country became fully independent in 1975 and is now a member of the commonwealth. It has strong ties with australia. papua new guinea is roughly the size of california. It occupies the worlds second largest volcanic island. It has a tropical climate with a plantlife that is a combination of east asian and australian. There has been many political issues in the neighbouring province of Irian Jaya (pronounced Ear-ee-an Ya-Ya) of Indonesia, which caused thousands to flee to Papua New Guinea. In 2001, after many peace-talks, the issue was quieted.

it is home to the elusive tree kangaroo

which is a combination of a kangaroo and a wallabie. they have massive hind legs, shorter and wider feet with long claws and rubbery soles for a better grip, long tails and stronger forelimbs for climbing. AND unlike regular boring kangaroos, who can only move by moving both feet at the same time, tree kangaroos can move their legs independently!


cuscuses are also native to papua new guinea

This animal is most similar to the sloth, but does not have the same attitude. They are much more active and energetic. They are tree-dwelling, noctural animals, who can grow up to 2 feet long (without tail). They are herbivores.


also papua new guinea has the worlds largest butterfly, called the Queen Alexandra Birdwing butterflies


which has a wing span of up to ONE FOOT. thats huuuge people (pretty colours too!)

Here's the "Did You Remember?" for the day...
Papua New Guinea counted up all its miles of coastlines and came up with the rounded number of 54 place in the world from an area perspective...

Keep up the good work team, hopefully you can catch Sweeden in the race for 53rd.

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andrea, do you really have that much of an interest in papa new guinea or did you just go on wikipedia to find information to construct a response in order to make yourself look interested and smart?

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Hey, isn't Canada, the U.S., G.B. etc, still embroiled in a 4 decade trade embargo with African diamond producing countries primarily owned and operated by the "De Beers" family cartel for there apartied ways along with even more heinous crimes to humanity that, for the purposes of this post will go un mentioned, to render most of the world and there love of fashion and industrial tool diamonds helpless to there "phantom" Stockholm and Belgium fronts gouging the planet, and my father I might add, when is was until Canada stepped up to the plate and now, in fact, leads the world now and for decades and decades to come in the "high quality" and "rare quality" classes for the worlds diamond demand?

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Originally posted by geroin

I think that this is one of the most breath takingly beautiful, stunning women I have ever seen.....Final.

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Originally posted by spitty papua new guinea roxxors

Andrea that report was ninja
Nice friggin job

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Originally posted by shanny Here it is! How did you miss it?

where are the islanderS? or were the botsis smart enough to erradicate them with they AK's

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Originally posted by slingshot andrea, do you really have that much of an interest in papa new guinea or did you just go on wikipedia to find information to construct a response in order to make yourself look interested and smart?

thank you for your question ryan!

when i was in elementary school, we had several missionaries station in papua new guinea. we used to collect money and do fund raisers that supported these missionaries. most of them housed refugees from Irian Jaya. currently my cousin is a missionary in papua new guinea. the interest has always been there, hence why I requested papua new guinea (thanks josh). however, i have never heard of any of those animals, and found information on them on several tourist threads for PNG. alas, wikipedia was not among any of them.

The source of the information is not the problem, it is the solution!
More info about PNG!

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Land area: 174,849 sq mi (452,860 sq km); total area: 178,704 sq mi (462,840 sq km)

Population (2006 est.): 5,670,544 (growth rate: 2.2%); birth rate: 29.4/1000; infant mortality rate: 50.0/1000; life expectancy: 65.3; density per sq mi: 33

Monetary unit: Kina

Languages: Tok Pisin (Melanesian Pidgin, the lingua franca), Hiri Motu (in Papua region), English 1%–2%; 715 indigenous languages

Ethnicity/race: Melanesian, Papuan, Negrito, Micronesian, Polynesian

Religions: Roman Catholic 22%, Lutheran 16%, Presbyterian/Methodist/London Missionary Society 8%, Anglican 5%, Evangelical Alliance 4%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1%, other Protestant 10%, indigenous beliefs 34%

Literacy rate: 66% (2003 est.)

Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2005 est.): $13.35 billion; per capita $2,400. Real growth rate: 1.1%. Inflation: 1.7%. Unemployment: up to 80% in urban areas (2005). Arable land: 0.5%. Agriculture: coffee, cocoa, copra, palm kernels, tea, sugar, rubber, sweet potatoes, fruit, vegetables, vanilla; shell fish, poultry, pork. Labor force: 3.4 million; agriculture 85%, industry n.a., services n.a. Industries: copra crushing, palm oil processing, plywood production, wood-chip production; mining of gold, silver, and copper; crude oil production, petroleum refining; construction, tourism. Natural resources: gold, copper, silver, natural gas, timber, oil, fisheries. Exports: $2.833 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.): oil, gold, copper ore, logs, palm oil, coffee, cocoa, crayfish, prawns. Imports: $1.651 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.): machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, fuels, chemicals. Major trading partners: Australia, Japan, Germany, China, Singapore, New Zealand (2004

Theres my share Enjoy!!

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Originally posted by spitty thank you for your question ryan! when i was in elementary school, we had several missionaries station in papua new guinea. we used to collect money and do fund raisers that supported these missionaries. most of them housed refugees from Irian Jaya. currently my cousin is a missionary in papua new guinea. the interest has always been there, hence why I requested papua new guinea (thanks josh). however, i have never heard of any of those animals, and found information on them on several tourist threads for PNG. alas, wikipedia was not among any of them.

touche

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