There's a "meet the wombat" event where you can, well, meet a wombat.
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An adorable wombat at the Sleepy Burrows Wombat Sanctuary in New South Wales Australia was struck with a sudden sneezing attack.
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Scientists have finally figured out why wombat poop is cubed "Wombat poop researcher" sounds like the greatest job in the world.
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Tonka the wombat might be new to the Sleepy Burrows Wombat Sanctuary, but he's not afraid to overhaul the facility's laundry process.
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Fortunately, the woman caring for Warra the wombat at Sleepy Burrows Wombat Sanctuary in New South Wales, Australia, was smart enough to wear long sleeves.
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During the song "Wombat" — which references the Fish TV series — someone (not Vigoda) dressed in a wombat suit and flanked by dancers came out and grooved through the song.
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Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary in Queensland, Australia, is hoping to raise much-needed funds for wombat conservation by allowing guests to pay for the unique experience of taking a wombat for a walk.
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The baby wombat on Flinders Island that is currently being looked after by Kate (the wombat lady of Flinders Island ) Posted by Sean Scott Photography on Monday, March 14, 2016 When he was found, Derek weighed 700 grams (24 ounces) and was located near the same spot Mooney rescued her first wombat about 20 years ago.
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There are reports that he got a second wombat, and an 1871 portrait by William Bell Scott may show Rossetti with a new wombat on his lap (or, as some have speculated, a woodchuck).
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Hopper wore a pair of aviators on his hairy wombat manface.
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We're sure you're making cube-shaped poos already in wombat heaven.
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Meet George the wombat, who calls Sydney's Australian Reptile Park home.
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A police officer in Australia reportedly stoned a wombat to death.
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We could all use a wombat smothering, from time to time.
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He was the oldest known wombat of its kind living in captivity.
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Big bucky kisses as you cross the rainbow bridge, Patrick the Wombat.
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An island off Tasmania is looking to hire a Chief Wombat Cuddler.
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According to the Sanctuary's Facebook post, Warra is an orphaned wombat joey.
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Selfie-taking tourists in Tasmania are stressing out the local wombat population.
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"We called him Wombat, but I have no idea why," Feherty said.
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Seeing the wombat gives the weary Bates enough energy to check her mentions.
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Derek is the only wombat that requires bottle feeding currently under Mooney's care.
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You Can Become a Wombat Cuddler Bored and uninspired at your current job?
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Warra the wombat will even be at the event's meeting, greeting his fans.
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Tourism Tasmania organized a competition to win the coveted "Chief Wombat Cuddler" position.
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How did David Harbour become the perfect grizzly wombat-man that he is today?
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The little wombat seems to have an affinity for the occasional plastic footstool too.
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In comparison, Mueller has about as much in common with Trump as a wombat.
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He repeats this several times as the wombat makes numerous unsuccessful attempts to escape.
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The big hurry'A deep atmosphere of fear'The Wombat Developer UnionNPM's futureRead Bogensberger's full statement:
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He rattled off a list of animals: Tasmanian devil, kangaroo, wombat, kookaburra and koala.
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Antoni holding this wombat is the antidote to a long and emotionally exhausting week.
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The wombat responsible for the attack of Evans and her dogs is still at large.
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If you're hoping to get fit, why not consider a tiny wombat as jogging companion?
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The video went viral after it was posted on the Wombat Awareness Organization's Facebook page.
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I Googled it and saw a lot about cube-shaped wombat poop, but I was skeptical.
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A wombat attack is quite rare and sparsely documented, with only a handful of instances reported.
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Such was the case with Patrick the Wombat, who died yesterday at the age of 32.
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"You will be mocked for that," said one of my squad leaders, a man named Wombat.
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On Thursday, she took in a possum and a wombat, both of them suffering from burns.
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But nowadays, they're thought to have roughly looked like a giant wombat with a big tail.
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When the armadillo encountered the terrifyingly large wombat, it did what any sane being might do: scream.
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Hit play on Enya's "Orinoco Flow" and enjoy this delightfully calming bathtime video with a baby wombat.
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The clip starts with a close-up of the wombat being followed in a car at night.
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Sculpting the poop into cuboid nuggets appears to be a finishing touch for the wombat digestive tract.
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After a long life and plenty of attention, the adorable bare-nosed wombat died on Tuesday aged 32.
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At nearly 32 years of age he was known as the oldest Bare-nosed Wombat in the World.
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Flinders Island wants a new, animal-loving employee to meet — and snuggle — its internet-famous orphaned wombat, Derek.
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This baby wombat at ACT Wildlife Australia wants nothing more than to get cozy and take a nap.
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For instance, the first wombat to arrive in England was preserved in the stance of a British squirrel.
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Always put a smile on my face.. Rest in Peace little guy.. You will be missed XoXoX"Internet-famous Patrick the wombat with some humans at the Ballarat Wildlife Park in Victoria, Australia (Facebook/Ballarat Wildlife Park)"Who would have imagined that I'd come to care so much about a wombat?
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Once there, they'll spend a delightful three days exploring the island and hanging out with their new wombat friend.
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The video was posted on the Facebook page of the Wombat Awareness Organization, a nonprofit dedicated to protecting wombats.
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One off-duty police officer reportedly killed a wombat in Australia by hitting it in the head with rocks.
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Maria Island, off the coast of Tasmania, has no human inhabitants but is home to a large wombat population.
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In the clip, the wombat chills on the avocado chef's lap, and Antoni looks like he's about to melt.
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All you need is your finger, which you use to move the wombat around and paint an otherwise blank canvas.
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But who would've thought we could be inspired to build advanced systems based on the oddity that is wombat poop?
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Some Phuds referred to these interlopers as wombats, and would issue wombat alerts if any were sighted entering the building.
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On Tuesday, Patrick's keepers wrote on the animal's Facebook page that the wombat peacefully passed away, surrounded by loved ones.
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My "greenie" environmentally minded aunt would often turn up to family dinners with a hairless baby wombat salvaged from roadkill.
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In 2010 a bushfire survivor was rushed to hospital after reportedly being mauled by a wombat who he'd accidentally stepped on.
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This little wombat attracted global attention due to a video of him waddling down a secluded beach on the Tasmanian island.
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PJ, Coco, Banjo and all his fellow Wombat friends will continue to keep Patricks facebook page going in honour of him.
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Bindi showed a little of her Down Under love on Australia Day, posing with one of the country's natives: a wombat!
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"The statement confirmed that the incident involved "an off duty member" of the force and that the wombat "was seriously injured.
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The researchers found stone tools, giant bird eggshells and bones from a giant wombat-like marsupial called Diprotodon optatum at the site.
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"In some species, but not the wombat, females show behaviour signs associated with being in oestrus (receptive to the male)," Keeley said.
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Applicants must submit a statement of 25 or fewer words as to why they should fill the role of Chief Wombat Cuddler.
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On tracks like the stoner anthem "It's 4:20 Somewhere," by his band Moonalice, McNamee performed under the stage name Chubby Wombat.
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The stiffer regions probably help create the distinct edges on the wombat poops as the waste moves through the gut, Yang proposes.
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Wombat are like rounder, heavier, more stubborn dogs, so it only makes sense that walking them is a treat, albeit a frustrating one.
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The game focuses on the life of a sleepy wombat exploring Australian bushland, discovering all kinds of flora and fauna along the way.
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Photographer Sean Scott took this video of the (mostly) speedy baby wombat, Derrick, while visiting Flinders Island off the coast of Tasmania, Australia.
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The inflated balloons revealed that the tail end of the wombat digestive tract is disproportionately stretchy in some places and stiff in others.
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She's filmed here giving plenty of smooches in a video uploaded to the Facebook page of Australian charity group, the Wombat Awareness Organisation.
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Over a typical 30-meter-long wombat intestine, the poops take on distinct edges only in the last meter or so, Hu says.
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"Are you a witch or vampire?" and "Have you ever tasted wombat meat?" are just a few of the questions Ferrell lobbed his way.
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Ray Ratto, a Bay Area sportswriter, observed via Twitter that Kroenke looked as if he were ''overdue for his next baby wombat blood injection.
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It's rich in watercolours inspired by the illustrations in nature-centric Australian children's books like Blinky Bill, Diary of a Wombat and Possum Magic.
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Derek is quite the runner already — but he'd like to be a well-rounded wombat, and that means relaxing every once in a while.
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Kate Horowitz at Mental Floss wrote an excellent article on the star-crossed romance of Pre-Raphaelite artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti and a wombat.
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Kerry Evans of Canberra, Australia was walking her two springer spaniels when the wombat, who'd been eating in a nearby garden, charged the trio.
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He is sponsored by Illawarra Fly Treetop Adventures, who is hosting an upcoming series of fundraising events to benefit the Sleepy Burrows Wombat Sanctuary.
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As the car follows the animal, a man outside the car gives a thumbs-up as he attempts to get closer to the wombat.
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Instead, it contained pictures of the bloody carcasses of Tasmania's native animals: a wombat with its intestines pulled out, a kangaroo missing its face.
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Read more ReadAs horrifying as a horse-sized wombat with razor-sharp claws might be to imagine, they were probably gentle giants, being herbivores.
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He got his wombat in 1869, calling it Top — a not so coy dig at his mistress Jane Morris's hapless husband who was nicknamed Topsy.
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Baby wombat Jack is only 6 months old and spends 23 hours a day asleep in his pouch, according to video uploader ACT Wildlife Australia.
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The starring wombat, named Nugget, was suffering from a persistent dry cough and mad allergic itching, according to ACT Wildlife Australia, who posted the video.
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A police officer in South Australia is under investigation by his force after a video appeared to show him stoning and seriously injuring a wombat.
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A police officer in South Australia is being investigated by his force after video footage that appears to show him stoning a wombat went viral.
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After watching this for the 20183th time, I'm still having trouble deciding whether the wombat or Antoni is benefitting more from this incredibly cute interaction.
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To confirm that the elasticity variation really does form the cubes, Yang and Hu are now trying to model the wombat digestive tract using pantyhose.
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Flinders Island, an isle northeast of Tasmania, is seeking a professional wombat cuddler for Derek, who lost his mother when she was hit by a car.
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The Hatching Cat blog has a thorough investigation into the lion cub now buried at Hartsdale, which much like Rossetti's wombat died young due to illness.
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Image: APA bold team of scientists has delved into the mystery of cube-shaped wombat poop, uncovering the physiological processes involved in this unique digestive trick.
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PSA: It is against the law to keep a wombat without a license, so think twice before you go plucking a wild furball from their habitat.
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Patrick the Wombat came to the park as an orphan after his mother was hit by a car and was raised by Greg and his family.
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On the drive to the mansion, signs warn me to be careful of wildlife, complete with a portrait of what I am guessing is a wombat.
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A steam bath, of course, followed by an oatmeal bath — a luxurious cure for itchy, mystic marsupials — in a teeny tub that perfectly fits a wombat.
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To probe the intricacies of wombat poop, Yang and her colleagues examined the digestive tracts of two wombats that were euthanized after road collisions in Australia.
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Forget for a moment our current government drama, and savor this lovely palette cleanser in the form of Antoni Porowski from Queer Eye holding a wombat.
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Patrick the wombat, a beloved resident of the Ballarat Wildlife Park in Victoria, Australia, was adored the world over for his buck-toothed smile and winning personality.
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This hairy nosed wombat named Pete was having his favorite treat, sweet corn, when he let rip a very loud fart while sitting in his feeder's lap.
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A 10-month-old baby Southern hairy-nosed wombat named Jindi gets very curious whenever her mom, Jumunji, is out of their tunnel at the Melbourne Zoo.
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When guitarist Trey Anastasio invited the group back to the stage to take their bows, Vigoda emerged clad in the same wombat suit, wearing his trademark grin.
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We'd argue there's nothing better to soothe the soul than watching this little bundle of baby wombat joy have a cheeky frolic with his human best friend.
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There, Patricia Yang, a postdoctoral fellow at Georgia Institute of Technology, presented research demonstrating that cube poop is produced by uneven elasticities within the wombat digestive tract.
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And while 8K content is rarer than an albino wombat, over the next few years broadcasters should start screening sports and special events in the new format.
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Winners will be flown for a three-night stay on the island and, of course, will have a chance to meet and cuddle with Derek the wombat.
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As of Friday morning, the Wombat Awareness Organization had received just under 200,000 signatures on an online petition demanding that the man in the video be investigated.
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Top got the biggest send-off, with Rossetti drafting a eulogy (shown at the top of this post), with the artist bent over in tears before the prone wombat, a Victorian tomb in the background, and these words below: I never reared a young Wombat To glad me with his pin-hole eye, But when he most was sweet & fat And tail-less; he was sure to die!
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Derek the wombat is the most adorable running partner you'll ever meet, but he wouldn't be here if it weren't for the efforts of one woman in Australia.
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Internet-famous Patrick the wombat at the Ballarat Wildlife Park in Victoria, Australia (Facebook/Ballarat Wildlife Park)Social media can make celebrities out of the most unlikely people.
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This species is the enormous wombat-like Diprotodon optatum, a creature that weighed three metric tons, stood 6 feet (1.8 meters) tall, and measured 11 feet (3.5 meters) long.
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Internet-famous Patrick the wombat with a human carer at the Ballarat Wildlife Park in Victoria, Australia (Facebook/Ballarat Wildlife Park)"I'm so sorry to hear this," another Facebook commenter said.
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The Wombat Awareness Organization, a Facebook page devoted to protecting the animal, posted a video of an off-duty police officer who appeared to be throwing rocks at a wombat's head.
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The Central Intelligence Agency is taking its puppy tweets, wombat animations to teach tradecraft and general social media game beyond the confines of its already very active Twitter and Facebook accounts.
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The volunteers at ACT Wildlife in Canberra, Australia, rehabilitate and rescue animals that are injured, sick or orphaned, and Jack the baby wombat is one of the latest under their care.
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In 1907, Virginia Woolf sent her sister, Vanessa Bell, a mock proclamation in honor of her wedding, written by an imaginary bestiary of well-wishers named Billy, Bartholomew, Mungo and Wombat.
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Powell, 20, is currently in Australia visiting Irwin, 18, and took to Instagram to share an adorable picture of the two posing with a wombat, a small marsupial native to the country.
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A Parks and Conservation spokesman to Fairfax Media that "without knowing the full details of what happened it is likely that the presence of dogs meant that the wombat felt threatened," he reported.
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That's what researchers from Australia's University of Queensland have found in a study, published in the journal Reproduction, Fertility and Development, looking at behavioural indicators of the southern hairy-nosed wombat when breeding.
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SYDNEY (Reuters) - To most of the world, the enduring image of Australia's bushfires has been injured koalas, but for former teacher John Creighton, the impact has been far worse for the native wombat.
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Yang and her colleagues plan to continue their research into this scatological superpower, and suggest that humans might even be able to learn some manufacturing tips from the extraordinary production facilities inside wombat butts.
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Derek gained fame in Australia after professional landscape photographer Sean Scott posted a video of the young wombat on Facebook after visiting Flinders Island, which sits off the state of Tasmania's northeast coast, in March.
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But soon the Flying Squad homed in on the grandpas, largely thanks to John "Kenny" Collins, described by fellow gang-members as a "wombat-thick old cunt", who drove to the crime in his own distinctively painted Mercedes.
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Even mammals, the supposed underdogs of the Mesozoic, occasionally had their day in the sun: Repenomamus, something of a 130 million year old murderous wombat, was discovered with the remains of a baby dinosaur fossilized in its belly.
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But like its social media blitz of the last few years, in which the agency has tweeted puppies and wombat animations, the CIA is clearly making a concerted effort to refurbish its public image to appeal to younger generations.
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In the meantime, I'm loving the new season of "The Last Alaskans," thinking a lot about how great Marsai Martin is as Diane, the youngest daughter, on "black-ish" and obsessing over every update from this wombat rescue I started following on Instagram.
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" The song — which also features Roz Brown and Tanesha Gary — is brassy and ghoulishly comic: "The Drumpf squawks like a wombat but slithers like a lizard understands/Yeah he's got a big ol' belly, but man that beast got tiny little hands.
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The company, whose name combines wombat and kangaroo, is one of a handful of organizations around the world doing research in this area, in a race against time to give the hand-reared young of threatened species the best chance of survival.
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"For every koala we've lost, we maybe lost 10 or 15 wombats, that's the number we're not seeing," the head of volunteer group Wombat Care Bundanoon told Reuters in Wingello, a bushfire-ravaged village about 150 km (90 miles) southwest of Sydney.
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The moves by the southeastern state mean Lakes will not be able to go ahead with two tentative deals lined up in 2014 to supply gas from its Wombat onshore conventional gas field to U.S. giant Dow Chemical Co and Australian food manufacturer Simplot.
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I elected to start from Mansfield, so I could pay an early visit to Healesville Sanctuary, a conservation and education center, for a primer on area wildlife like the ground-dwelling echidna and the wombat, the nocturnal river-dwelling platypus and the tree-inhabiting possum.
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The move by the state in the country's southeast means Lakes will not be able to go ahead with two tentative deals lined up in 2014 to supply gas from its Wombat onshore conventional gas field to U.S. giant Dow Chemical Co and Australian food manufacturer Simplot.
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We Finally Know How Wombats Produce Their Distinctly Cube-Shaped PoopA bold team of scientists has delved into the mystery of cube-shaped wombat poop, uncovering the…Read more ReadPatricia Yang and David Hu, along with their colleagues, won the physics award for figuring out how wombats produce their odd, cube-shaped poop.
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