One of Bundy’s psychology professors wrote of him: “He conducts himself more like a young professional than a student. I would place him in the top one percent of the undergraduates with whom I have interacted” (quoted in Leyton, 1986). While still in his 20s, Bundy was also named assistant to the chairman of the Washington State Republican Party and was lauded as an “up and comer” in political circles. Of course, this rosy biography omits the fact that Ted Bundy hunted down, raped, and killed young women for the sheer thrill of possessing and controlling them. It was early in January, 1974, when Ted Bundy attacked his first victim: a young woman who Bundy maimed while she was asleep, leaving her with permanent brain damage.
“You feel the last bit of breath leaving heir body. You’re looking into their eyes. A person in that situation is God!” -Ted Bundy, on the joy of murder
What mammal has spines like a hedgehog, a snout like an anteater, and lays leathery eggs like a reptile? The echidna or spiny anteater. Even though it looks like a cross between an anteater and a hedgehog, the echidna isn’t closely related to to either of these animals. Actually, its closest relative is the duck-billed platypus.1. The scientific name for an echidna is Tachyglossus aculeatus (which means spiny fast-tongue or spiny anteater).
The echidna and platypus are the only remaining members of a primitive group of mammals called monotremes. You were probably taught that mammals do not lay eggs because their babies are born alive. While this is true for most mammals, monotremes are a little different. Monotremes are the only mammals that lay eggs.
