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[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

Wombat are extremely powerful. They are expert diggers. They have extremely hard butts and if any predators follow down into their holes, the wombat can kick upwards, crushing their pursuer's skull against the roof.

Despite their little legs, they can run in a straight line up to 40km/h. That puddle ain't shit.

If you hit a roo with your car, the roo bounces off. If you hit a wombat with your tire, it can break the axle and put your car out of commission.

Wombats are the tanks of the marsupial world. Don't fuck with a wombat.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Wombats are the tanks of the marsupial world.

Not armadillo?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Being that they're from the Americas, I doubt Armadillos are marsupial. Probably closer relation to a sloth than a platypus.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

While there are actually several new world marsupials, I'm fairly certain that they're all opossums.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

opossums

Oh, interesting! I never realised Opossums are actually marsupials. I don't think I'll start feeding wild ones apple slices and petting them like we do brushtail possums, though.

I just came across this chunky Indonesian boy on wikipedia.

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