(The ‘cubic poo’ is such a feature of the Overland Track in Tasmania’s Cradle Mountain National Park it has inspired the above poem... I originally saw it posted on the walls of a drop toilet at a campsite on the track)
My niece has raised a few (she's a zookeeper), and they're amazing little animals that become huge amazing animals. They're friendly, playful and love company. There's one that roams on my parent's 20acre farm (but it's wild, so we leave it alone).
I thought this little video might sidetrack everyone from their regular cat watching: https://youtu.be/oCZ9Zyi6XaA
hm, the article says the opposite about the common wombat.
> Now, despite its name, the common wombat is no longer common. Overgrazing and the destruction of their natural habitat has caused a sharp drop in their numbers; all species of wombat are now protected, and the northern hairy-nosed wombat is critically endangered.
It's good to hear numbers of Northern Hairy Nose wombats are picking up. There was a dingo attack (maybe a single dingo) that wiped out 10% of the entire population in 2002.
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[ 2.8 ms ] story [ 42.3 ms ] threadAs you pound along the track
Eyes wide open and ears pinned back
You may have noticed those queer square turds
And thought if not expressed in words
The pain of such defecation
Baffles the imagination
But it ain’t done to entertain us
The wombat has an oblong anus
So if at night you hear pained cries
Outside your tent, feel no surprise
With eyes shut tight, teeth clenched with pain
A wombat’s gone and crapped again!
(The ‘cubic poo’ is such a feature of the Overland Track in Tasmania’s Cradle Mountain National Park it has inspired the above poem... I originally saw it posted on the walls of a drop toilet at a campsite on the track)
http://diggercomic.com/blog/2007/02/01/wombat1-gnorf/
They are, however, all now protected from hunting, so wombat hams no longer feature on Australian menus.
I thought this little video might sidetrack everyone from their regular cat watching: https://youtu.be/oCZ9Zyi6XaA
> Now, despite its name, the common wombat is no longer common. Overgrazing and the destruction of their natural habitat has caused a sharp drop in their numbers; all species of wombat are now protected, and the northern hairy-nosed wombat is critically endangered.
This site has a lote of information about the Northern Hairy Nose wombat. https://www.ehp.qld.gov.au/wildlife/threatened-species/endan...
OK.