wombat
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Photos from that time show her posing with a kangaroo and a wombat and being embraced by a giant koala.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
"It's just unacceptable, and we're glad she's being called to account. Snatching a screaming baby wombat from their mother is not just appalling, it's very possibly illegal under state or national laws," Ms Milthrope said.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2025
"I caught a baby wombat," Ms Jones exclaimed in the video, while the joey, as it's known, could be heard hissing and struggling in her grip.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2025
A wombat burrow can last for decades, potentially providing a “multigenerational refuge” for many species, Mr. Linley said.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
In fact, what Zeke felt fold over him was not the barbed cage of a giant robot pelican suit, but the tough muscles of a wombat.
From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness
The work represents the first direct estimate of a mutation rate for koalas or for any member of the marsupial order Diprotodontia, which also includes wombats, kangaroos and possums.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
Ms Jones's "appalling" behaviour could have caused severe harm to the wombats, conservationists say.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2025
But because wombats aren’t predators, “it’s a little bit safer for other species, small mammals and small lizards and stuff, to co-inhabit with them,” Dr. Nimmo said.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
New research in the journal Scientific Reports points to a missing ancestor that links koalas with other marsupials like kangaroos, possums and wombats.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2023
There were panthers and leopards, wolves, tigers and antelopes; monkeys and hedgehogs, wombats, mountain goats and giraffes; and an enormous group composed entirely of kittiwakes and vultures.
From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers
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