Wombat
Wombats are short-legged, muscular quadrupedal marsupials that are native to Australia. They are about 1 m (40 in) in length with small, stubby tails. There are three extant species and they are all members of the family Vombatidae. They are adaptable and habitat tolerant , and are found in forested, mountainous, and heathland areas of south-eastern Australia, including Tasmania, as well as an isolated patch of about 300 ha (740 acres) in Epping Forest National Park in central Queensland,More info:wiki
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#10 Australia wants you to stop taking wombat selfies,More info:cnn
#9 Common Wombat,More info:australianmuseum
Naked-nosed Wombat, Island Wombat, Tasmanian Wombat, Forest Wombat, Coarse-haired Wombat
Common Wombat is the only living member of its genus Vombatus, and is similar in appearance to two remaining wombat species (Southern and Northern Hairy-nosed Wombats) belonging to the genus Lasiorhinus. The main differences are the absence of hair on the nose in the Common Wombat, its coarser hair and narrower nasal bones than in Lasiorhinus. In the early descriptions of the species by the Europeans, wombats have been linked to badgers, beavers, pigs and bears (it is because of its bear-like appearance that it has been named ursinus (Latin ursus, bear)). However, other than being a mammal, the wombat is not related to these animals: wombats are marsupials (the young develop in mother’s pouch) and not placentals, like the other aforementioned mammals.
#8 12 Wonderful Facts About Wombats,More info:mentalfloss
Don’t let their unassuming exterior fool you. Wombats have plenty of quirks that help them fit right into Australia’s unusual animal kingdom. Here are 12 facts worth knowing about these rotund marsupials from Down Under.
1. THEIR POUCHES FACE BACKWARDS.
Unlike most marsupials, the pouch a wombat uses to carry her young opens towards her rear rather than her face. This distinction allows mother wombats to dig without scooping dirt into her baby’s home. Because wombat bodies are fairly low to the ground, this backward-facing pouch orientation also provides extra protection to the baby, or joey, while the wombat is walking.
#7 The best Wombat Movie ever been made!!!,More info:joergilmaz
#6 Question of the Week: Why Do Wombats Poop Cubes?,More info:ucl
#5 Mystery solved: this is how wombats do cube-shaped poo,More info:australiangeographic
ONE OF AUSTRALIA’S most beloved animals, the wombat, has been at the centre of a great biological mystery: no one could quite work out how their poo becomes cube-shaped.
That was until now. Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States have uncovered the digestive processes they believe gives wombat poo its shape – and the findings may transform the way cube-shaped items are manufactured in the future.
#4 Wombat,More info:sandiegozoo
What’s a wombat? Wombats are one of the oddest-looking animals you’ll ever see! Native to Australia, the comical animals look like short, stocky bears. But wombats are really marsupials, related to koalas and kangaroos. They are either sandy brown or grayish black to blend in with the landscape and avoid predators. The sturdy wombat is most active in the early evening and at night.
There are three species of wombat: common, or bare-nosed wombats, which have a bare nose; and two species of hairy-nosed wombats that have, well, hairy noses! The common wombat has coarse fur and short, round ears while the hairy-nosed wombats have soft fur and much larger ears. Although wombats look cute and cuddly, they tend to have a short temper and can become very aggressive if they feel threatened.
#3 BREAKING: Mystery of Square Wombat Poop Revealed,More info:popularmechanics
Frustrated when your digestive system has no regard for your need for long, unbroken stretches of sleep? Be grateful you’re not an Australian Wombat. These critters produce up to 100 bowel movements in a single night. And unlike any other creature in the animal kingdom, this marsupial poops cubes. We’re not talking roundish shapes that could be described as cube-like. We are talking actual cubes—as in a six-sided Rubik’s Cube sort of cube.
It is not because they have square anuses. That was my first thought, too. Wombats have roundish anuses, just like the rest of us mammals. They don’t mold their poop into cubes after it’s been passed, nor does it have anything to do with preexisting shapes in the food they consume. When a team of scientists led by Georgia Institute of Technology’s Patricia Yang got ahold of some Tasmanian wombat roadkill, they looked to the intestines for answers. They discovered that “the varying elastic properties of the intestine wall…stretch preferentially to facilitate cube formation.” Neat, uniform, 2-cm cubes at that.
#2 Solved: The mystery of how wombats create poo cubes,More info:newshub
#1 Australian-first ‘hospital’ burrow a design-led solution to saving wombats from extinction,More info:phys
Marcus Foth, Professor of Urban Informatics at the QUT Design Lab, is leading the research and evaluation of an Australian-first quarantine hospital burrow specifically designed to treat the deadly sarcoptic mange disease threatening bare-nosed wombats with extinction.
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