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Wombats moving into town

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381960) • Rockingham, Australia 14 Sep

George B Vieto (@deepizzaguy) writes good news stories here and when the story concerns wildlife, it is often mentioned that wildlife are losing much of their natural habitat. In the South Australian coastal town of Robe, wombats...

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Third And Hopefully Final Thoughts On Indiana Jones And The Dire Dial Of Destiny

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 9 Jul 23

Third And Hopefully Final Thoughts On Indiana Jones And The Dire Dial Of Destiny Moving away from seeing my contested thinking of Wombat (Phoebe Waller Bridge’s Helene Shaw) as the worst companion in the Indy franchise, is the...

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Glow-in-the-dark mammals

Fleur @Fleura (34957) • United Kingdom 27 Nov 20

Thought of you when I read this @JudyEv! We all know that Australia is home to some of the most unusual and fascinating animals on Earth. Well now it has been found that they are even more fascinating than previously thought;...

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A treat from Australia!

Fleur @Fleura (34957) • United Kingdom 6 Feb 19

@JudyEv I thought of you – before Christmas some friends had to go to Australia at short notice due to a family death and we took care of their dog and chickens. When they got back they brought us various treats including this...

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Another of Australia's endemic marsupials - the wombat

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381960) • Rockingham, Australia 4 Aug 18

I’ve had a few questions about wombats so I thought I’d do a discussion about them. Their taxonomical name is Vombatus ursinus. They are the world’s largest burrowing mammal and are only found in Australia and a few offshore...

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There's a wombat in the wall

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381960) • Rockingham, Australia 4 Aug 18

Here is a feel-good story for you all. In Warrnambool, south-west Victoria, the railway bridge has a new decoration of a wombat appearing to emerge from a hole in the bridge. Artist Jimmi Buscombe is responsible for the drawing...

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Koala-spotting in South Australia

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381960) • Rockingham, Australia 31 Jul 18

While visiting our friends who live just outside of Adelaide, South Australia, she took us to a National Park and we went ‘koala-spotting’. After some time, we managed to see two. They are very difficult to spot. You have to look...

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Very interesting fact

youless @youless (114117) • Guangzhou, China 21 Nov 17

It is so interesting to learn that wombat's poop is cube shaped The world is so large and there are really so many funny facts for us to explore.

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Did you know - Wombats excrete square faeces

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381960) • Rockingham, Australia 24 May 16

Did you know that wombats' faeces are cubic in shape? Rachel Lovejoy (@Raelove) wrote about pork sausage patties being too small to fill a breakfast bun nicely. And wouldn't it be nice if bacon was sold in round pieces. Which led...

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Wonderful Wombats

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381960) • Rockingham, Australia 15 Dec 15

Jeff Moffitt mentioned in a comment that he didn't know much about wombats. What better excuse to write a post about one of Australia's most unique marsupials? The wombat is the largest burrowing animal in the world and the second...

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What is a wombat?

ronaldinu @ronaldinu (12422) • Malta 28 Feb 10

When I was going to travel to Australia last December, my Aussie friends were telling me about the rich Australian wild life, all about the koalas, kangaroos and wombats. Although I had some knowledge about the first two, wombat...

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Australiana - Say HI to my little (Well they ain't so little actually!) friend!

James72 @James72 (26790) • Australia 22 Nov 08

Many people may already realize that I am based out of Egypt but am actually an Australian! Not born there but my Father's Australian and I have spent some 29 years living there. We have many strange and wonderful animals and...

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NZ man claims 'rape by Aussie wombat'?

Aussies2007 @Aussies2007 (5336) • Australia 27 Mar 08

A New Zealand man has been sentenced to 75 hours' community service for telling police he was being raped by a wombat. Arthur Ross Cradock of Motueka rang police to ask for help on February 11, The Nelson Mail reported. In a...

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Wombat v. Muskrat

thundercat @thundercat (505) • United States 24 Dec 06

Who would win? This is a clearly opinionated nonsense question that is to put a bit of fun into MyLot. Best response will be given to the person who writes the most interesting reason why one would beat the other.

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