Wombats are a mix of teddybear( soft to the touch with an adorable face), groundhog(diggers extrodinaire) and baby pig (all muscle and tiny legs). They are hated by the farmers out here in the bush because they dig extensive burrow systems in paddocks.Since they are nocturnal the only ones I have seen in the wild have been late at night as we move bees or dead and swollen by the side of the road. They are marsupials, but with a twist! Their pouch is backwards, so as they dig the babies don't get dirty. Plus they poop is squares. Yes, cubic feces, like briquets.
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Wombats
Wombats are a mix of teddybear( soft to the touch with an adorable face), groundhog(diggers extrodinaire) and baby pig (all muscle and tiny legs). They are hated by the farmers out here in the bush because they dig extensive burrow systems in paddocks.Since they are nocturnal the only ones I have seen in the wild have been late at night as we move bees or dead and swollen by the side of the road. They are marsupials, but with a twist! Their pouch is backwards, so as they dig the babies don't get dirty. Plus they poop is squares. Yes, cubic feces, like briquets.
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