beach-goers were faced with a different kind of sea creature when they entered the water at victoria 's picturesque rye beach last week - a swimming echidna ! the prickly australian mammal was filmed paddling out to sea in the turquoise waters off the mornington peninsula , 83 km south of melbourne . where it was heading , is anyone 's guess . scroll down for video . this echidna was spotted paddling out to sea off rye beach , a popular surfing and fishing spot on victoria 's mornington peninsula . -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- a year ago at this time , u.s. gasoline prices averaged $ 3.97 a gallon . it was the highest average in all of 2012 . but it 's a much different story this year , as prices continue to fall . the average per-gallon cost in the continental united states is now $ 3.65 , 32 cents less than last year 's peak , according to trilby lundberg , publisher of the lundberg survey . that 's a 6-cent decrease from two weeks ago and a 15-cent decrease from six weeks ago . long the domain of web sites and memes , the animated gif may soon be coming to a message near you . a new app makes creating the images simple on a smartphone - and lets you send them using facebook messenger . camoji is one of the first apps to take advantage of facebook 's decision to open up messenger , revealed at its recent f8 conference in san francisco . camoji allows people to add instagram style filters to their images before sharing them . the gifs are created in the camoji app . lundberg attributes most of the latest drop to lower crude oil prices , but she also credits a more plentiful supply . -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- singer celine dion is 14 weeks pregnant with twins after years of trying to expand her family , her representative said sunday . dion , 42 , and her husband-manager rene angelil , 68 , will find out next month the gender of their twins , representative kim jakwerth said . the pregnancy was the result of her sixth in-vitro fertilization attempt , jakwerth said . dion turned to acupuncture therapy to improve her chances of getting pregnant , she said . angelil is the father , she said . the couple already has a 9-year-old son , rene-charles . once downloaded , users simply tap on the shutter icon to record an animated gif that is up to 2 seconds long . the five-time grammy winner has sold 200 million albums around the world , according to her website . a new harris poll released in may named dion , a canadian , as america 's favorite singer . the video of the swimming echidna , which looks to be happily using its ant-eating snout as a snorkel , was posted online by youtube user emma b . `` more u.s. refineries are gaining access to lower-priced domestic and canadian oils and passing these benefits on to their marketers and retailers in the form of slashed wholesale gasoline prices , '' lundberg said . lundberg expects the national per-gallon average to fall a few more cents this week as long as the price of crude does n't jump . the lundberg survey canvasses about 2,500 filling stations every two weeks . in the latest survey , the cheapest gas was $ 3.33 a gallon in billings , montana . the highest was $ 4.05 in chicago . average per-gallon prices in other cities : . dion , who completed a world tour last year , will return to las vegas , nevada , next march to begin a three-year residency at the colosseum at caesars palace . cnn 's doug hyde contributed to this report . according to australia zoo , echidnas , like many native australian animals , are actually ` proficient ' swimmers . they like the water so much , that the zoo built a special swimming pool for its echidna residents to cool off on hot summer days . echidnas , like many native australian animals , are actually ` proficient ' swimmers - though they usually prefer fresh water to the open ocean . the echidna - or spiny ant-eater - is found all over australia , in coastal forests , alpine meadows and desert habitats . they live on a diet of ants , termites , grubs and worms but biologists think the mammals evolved from aquatic ancestors like the platypus . gary sutton , a park ranger from narawntapu national park in tasmania , said he has also seen wallabies and wombats surfing . he previously told the abc he thought the animals went in the water to get rid of parasites , like lice and ticks . with its webbed-feet and snout in the air as a snorkle , the little echidna paddled out to sea . charleston , south carolina : $ 3.41 . atlanta : $ 3.50 . they can then add filters and other effects - similar to instagram . camoji lets you record a gif with unique filters and text and share it to your friends on messenger , where gifs animate inline in the conversation . the gifs are created in the camoji app . people that have camoji installed see a reply button that launches camoji right from the messenger conversation so they can quickly record and send a gif of their own . this type of back and forth is exactly what makes the entire experience beautiful and seamless . ` app discovery is a major challenge for developers , ' said carlos whitt , camoji ceo . ` messenger is opening the door for developers to create innovative new ways for people to connect and express themselves without having to reinvent the social plumbing . ` this is a monumental development . ' ` we 're excited to have worked with the messenger team to help people share by easily capturing moments and sharing them seamlessly within messenger , ' said austin broyles , camoji co-founder . denver : $ 3.57 . minneapolis : $ 3.63 . las vegas : $ 3.67 . boston : $ 3.69 . ` we feel our integration is truly unique and innovative . ' this is the first time the world 's biggest social network has opened their messenger app to seamless integration with third parties , and this level of integration does not exist on other messenger apps . camoji had previously integrated with imessage and whatsapp , but those integrations lacked a way for recipients to easily download camoji or launch it from a conversation to reply with another gif . camoji lets you record a gif with unique filters and text and share it to your friends on messenger . earlier this month facebook opened up its messenger service for developers to create apps and for consumers to communicate directly with retailers , in the social media network 's latest effort to expand its reach . the firm hopes to transform facebook 's messaging service into one that operates independently of the company 's social media network , effectively pitting it against traditional email . it even revealed it will allow smart devices such as doors and home appliances to use the platform . it comes as it faces intensifying competition from twitter and google , as well as from fast-growing messaging apps such as snapchat and wechat . facebook unveiled the new features at its annual developer conference in san francisco , for the first time allowing developers to create apps that function inside the messenger app , which has more than 600 million users . forty different apps will be available on messenger in the coming days , allowing users of the service to send each other sports clips and animations , facebook said . users can add text and other effects to their gifs before posting them . another feature will allow consumers to use messenger to send a text message to make a restaurant reservation or to receive a notification that a product purchased online has shipped . ` one of the fastest growing and most important members of our family is messenger , ' said mr zuckerberg . sacramento , california : $ 3.86 . ` facebook used to be this single blue app and it did a lot of different things , now facebook is a family of apps , ' he said . ` moving from being a single service to a family of apps is the biggest shift we 've made in our strategy in helping connect people . ' the messenger platform was also launched , allowing developers to build new services into the app , which is used by 600 million users each month . mr zuckerberg said it would give users ` more tools for expression ' .
an echidna is filmed swimming in turquoise waters at victoria 's rye beach . the land-based mammal looks to be using its ant-eating snout as a snorkel . echidnas are proficient swimmers , believed to have evolved from aquatic ancestors like the platypus .
beach-goers were faced with a different kind of sea creature when they entered the water at victoria 's picturesque rye beach last week - a swimming echidna ! the prickly australian mammal was filmed paddling out to sea in the turquoise waters off the mornington peninsula , 83 km south of melbourne . where it was heading , is anyone 's guess . scroll down for video . this echidna was spotted paddling out to sea off rye beach , a popular surfing and fishing spot on victoria 's mornington peninsula . -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- a year ago at this time , u.s. gasoline prices averaged $ 3.97 a gallon . it was the highest average in all of 2012 . but it 's a much different story this year , as prices continue to fall . the average per-gallon cost in the continental united states is now $ 3.65 , 32 cents less than last year 's peak , according to trilby lundberg , publisher of the lundberg survey . that 's a 6-cent decrease from two weeks ago and a 15-cent decrease from six weeks ago . long the domain of web sites and memes , the animated gif may soon be coming to a message near you . a new app makes creating the images simple on a smartphone - and lets you send them using facebook messenger . camoji is one of the first apps to take advantage of facebook 's decision to open up messenger , revealed at its recent f8 conference in san francisco . camoji allows people to add instagram style filters to their images before sharing them . the gifs are created in the camoji app . lundberg attributes most of the latest drop to lower crude oil prices , but she also credits a more plentiful supply . -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- singer celine dion is 14 weeks pregnant with twins after years of trying to expand her family , her representative said sunday . dion , 42 , and her husband-manager rene angelil , 68 , will find out next month the gender of their twins , representative kim jakwerth said . the pregnancy was the result of her sixth in-vitro fertilization attempt , jakwerth said . dion turned to acupuncture therapy to improve her chances of getting pregnant , she said . angelil is the father , she said . the couple already has a 9-year-old son , rene-charles . once downloaded , users simply tap on the shutter icon to record an animated gif that is up to 2 seconds long . the five-time grammy winner has sold 200 million albums around the world , according to her website . a new harris poll released in may named dion , a canadian , as america 's favorite singer . the video of the swimming echidna , which looks to be happily using its ant-eating snout as a snorkel , was posted online by youtube user emma b . `` more u.s. refineries are gaining access to lower-priced domestic and seamlessly within messenger , ' said austin broyles , camoji co-founder . denver : $ 3.57 . minneapolis : $ 3.63 . las vegas : $ 3.67 . boston : $ 3.69 . ` we feel our integration is truly unique and innovative . ' this is the first time the world 's biggest social network has opened their messenger app to seamless integration with third parties , and this level of integration does not exist on other messenger apps . camoji had previously integrated with imessage and whatsapp , but those integrations lacked a way for recipients to easily download camoji or launch it from a conversation to reply with another gif . camoji lets you record a gif with unique filters and text and share it to your friends on messenger . earlier this month facebook opened up its messenger service for developers to create apps and for consumers to communicate directly with retailers , in the social media network 's latest effort to expand its reach . the firm hopes to transform facebook 's messaging service into one that operates independently of the company 's social media network , effectively pitting it against traditional email . it even revealed it will allow smart devices such as doors and home appliances to use the platform . it comes as it faces intensifying competition from twitter and google , as well as from fast-growing messaging apps such as snapchat and wechat . facebook unveiled the new features at its annual developer conference in san francisco , for the first time allowing developers to create apps that function inside the messenger app , which has more than 600 million users . forty different apps will be available on messenger in the coming days , allowing users of the service to send each other sports clips and animations , facebook said . users can add text and other effects to their gifs before posting them . another feature will allow consumers to use messenger to send a text message to make a restaurant reservation or to receive a notification that a product purchased online has shipped . ` one of the fastest growing and most important members of our family is messenger , ' said mr zuckerberg . sacramento , california : $ 3.86 . ` facebook used to be this single blue app and it did a lot of different things , now facebook is a family of apps , ' he said . ` moving from being a single service to a family of apps is the biggest shift we 've made in our strategy in helping connect people . ' the messenger platform was also launched , allowing developers to build new services into the app , which is used by 600 million users each month . mr zuckerberg said it would give users ` more tools for expression ' .
story this year , as prices continue to fall . the average per-gallon cost in the continental united states is now $ 3.65 , 32 cents less than last year 's peak , according to trilby lundberg , publisher of the lundberg survey . that 's a 6-cent decrease from two weeks ago and a 15-cent decrease from six weeks ago . long the domain of web sites and memes , the animated gif may soon be coming to a message near you . a new app makes creating the images simple on a smartphone - and lets you send them using facebook messenger . camoji is one of the first apps to take advantage of facebook 's decision to open up messenger , revealed at its recent f8 conference in san francisco . camoji allows people to add instagram style filters to their images before sharing them . the gifs are created in the camoji app . lundberg attributes most of the latest drop to lower crude oil prices , but she also credits a more plentiful supply . -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- singer celine dion is 14 weeks pregnant with twins after years of trying to expand her family , her representative said sunday . dion , 42 , and her husband-manager rene angelil , 68 , will find out next month the gender of their twins , representative kim jakwerth said . the pregnancy was the result of her sixth in-vitro fertilization attempt , jakwerth said . dion turned to acupuncture therapy to improve her chances of getting pregnant , she said . angelil is the father , she said . the couple already has a 9-year-old son , rene-charles . once downloaded , users simply tap on the shutter icon to record an animated gif that is up to 2 seconds long . the five-time grammy winner has sold 200 million albums around the world , according to her website . a new harris poll released in may named dion , a canadian , as america 's favorite singer . the video of the swimming echidna , which looks to be happily using its ant-eating snout as a snorkel , was posted online by youtube user emma b . `` more u.s. refineries are gaining access to lower-priced domestic and the platypus . gary sutton , a park ranger from narawntapu national park in tasmania , said he has also seen wallabies and wombats surfing . he previously told the abc he thought the animals went in the water to get rid of parasites , like lice and ticks . with its webbed-feet and snout in the air as a snorkle , the little echidna paddled out to sea . charleston , south carolina : $ 3.41 . atlanta : $ 3.50 . they can then add filters and other effects - similar to instagram . camoji lets you record a gif with unique filters and text and share it to your friends on messenger , where gifs animate inline in the conversation . the gifs are created in the camoji app . people that have camoji installed see a reply button that launches camoji right from the messenger conversation so they can quickly record and send a gif of their own . this type of back and forth is exactly what makes the entire experience beautiful and seamless . ` app discovery is a major challenge for developers , ' said carlos whitt , camoji ceo . ` messenger is opening the door for developers to create innovative new ways for people to connect and express themselves without having to reinvent the social plumbing . ` this is a monumental development . ' ` we 're excited to have worked with the messenger team to help people share by easily capturing moments and sharing them to your friends on messenger . earlier this month facebook opened up its messenger service for developers to create apps and for consumers to communicate directly with retailers , in the social media network 's latest effort to expand its reach . the firm hopes to transform facebook 's messaging service into one that operates independently of the company 's social media network , effectively pitting it against traditional email . it even revealed it will allow smart devices such as doors and home appliances to use the platform . it comes as it faces intensifying competition from twitter and google , as well as from fast-growing messaging apps such as snapchat and wechat . facebook unveiled the new features at its annual developer conference in san francisco , for the first time allowing developers to create apps that function inside the messenger app , which has more than 600 million users . forty different apps will be available on messenger in the coming days , allowing users of the service to send each other sports clips and animations , facebook said . users can add text and other effects to their gifs before posting them . another feature will allow consumers to use messenger to send a text message to make a restaurant reservation or to receive a notification that a product purchased online has shipped . ` one of the fastest growing and most important members of our family is messenger , ' said mr zuckerberg . sacramento , california : $ 3.86 . ` facebook used to be this single blue app and it did a lot of different things , now facebook is a family of apps , ' he said . ` moving from being a single service to a family of apps is the biggest shift we 've made in our strategy in helping connect people . ' the messenger platform was also launched , allowing developers to build new services into the app , which is used by 600 million users each month . mr zuckerberg said it would give users ` more tools for expression ' .
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beach-goers were faced with a different kind of sea creature when they entered the water at victoria 's picturesque rye beach last week - a swimming echidna ! the prickly australian mammal was filmed paddling out to sea in the turquoise waters off the mornington peninsula , 83 km south of melbourne . where it was heading , is anyone 's guess . scroll down for video . this echidna was spotted paddling out to sea off rye beach , a popular surfing and fishing spot on victoria 's mornington peninsula . -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- a year ago at this time , u.s. gasoline prices averaged $ 3.97 a gallon . it was the highest average in all of 2012 . but it 's a much different story this year , as prices continue to fall . the average per-gallon cost in the continental united states is now $ 3.65 , 32 cents less than last year 's peak , according to trilby lundberg , publisher of the lundberg survey . that 's a 6-cent decrease from two weeks ago and a 15-cent decrease from six weeks ago . long the domain of web sites and memes , the animated gif may soon be coming to a message near you . a new app makes creating the images simple on a smartphone - and lets you send them using facebook messenger . camoji is one of the first apps to take advantage of facebook 's decision to open up messenger , revealed at its recent f8 conference in san francisco . camoji allows people to add instagram style filters to their images before sharing them . the gifs are created in the camoji app . lundberg attributes most of the latest drop to lower crude oil prices , but she also credits a more plentiful supply . -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- singer celine dion is 14 weeks pregnant with twins after years of trying to expand her family , her representative said sunday . dion , 42 , and her husband-manager rene angelil , 68 , will find out next month the gender of their twins , representative kim jakwerth said . the pregnancy was the result of her sixth in-vitro fertilization attempt , jakwerth said . dion turned to acupuncture therapy to improve her chances of getting pregnant , she said . angelil is the father , she said . the couple already has a 9-year-old son , rene-charles . once downloaded , users simply tap on the shutter icon to record an animated gif that is up to 2 seconds long . the five-time grammy winner has sold 200 million albums around the world , according to her website . a new harris poll released in may named dion , a canadian , as america 's favorite singer . the video of the swimming echidna , which looks to be happily using its ant-eating snout as a snorkel , was posted online by youtube user emma b . `` more u.s. refineries are gaining access to lower-priced domestic and , for the first time allowing developers to create apps that function inside the messenger app , which has more than 600 million users . forty different apps will be available on messenger in the coming days , allowing users of the service to send each other sports clips and animations , facebook said . users can add text and other effects to their gifs before posting them . another feature will allow consumers to use messenger to send a text message to make a restaurant reservation or to receive a notification that a product purchased online has shipped . ` one of the fastest growing and most important members of our family is messenger , ' said mr zuckerberg . sacramento , california : $ 3.86 . ` facebook used to be this single blue app and it did a lot of different things , now facebook is a family of apps , ' he said . ` moving from being a single service to a family of apps is the biggest shift we 've made in our strategy in helping connect people . ' the messenger platform was also launched , allowing developers to build new services into the app , which is used by 600 million users each month . mr zuckerberg said it would give users ` more tools for expression ' .
 Beachgoers faced a different kind of sea creature when they entered the water at Victoria's Pictureque beach last week. A swimming echidna was filmed paddling out to sea, where it was spotted by a popular surfing and fishing spot. The prickly Australian mammal was seen swimming in the turquoise waters off the Mornington Peninsula. This is not the first time an echidna has been spotted in the area, but it's still a rare sighting. Meanwhile, US gas prices averaged $3.97 a gallon, down 32 cents from two weeks ago. It's the highest average price since 2012. According to Trilby Lundberg, publisher of the Lundberg Survey, prices continue to fall as demand weakens. In other news, Facebook Messenger will soon allow users to send messages with a "secret" feature that deletes them after a set period of time. The feature is similar to Snapchat's ephemeral messaging system.