Wombat and kangaroo love

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An orphaned wombat and kangaroo are unlikely BFFs at the Wildabout Wildlife Rescue Centre in Kilmore, Victoria, Australia. This photo from the Wildabout Wildlife page on Facebook. Revel in more of the cuteness in photographer Rob Leeson's slideshow at the Herald Sun. (Thanks Gabe Adiv!)

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http://glitch.tl/ Michael Smith

Neither of those animals knows what the hell is going on.
- Dave X
  
  Well, then you can’t come to the birthday party I’m planning for them. And the little hats are going to be AMAZING!
  - BombBlastLightingWaltz
    
    Fez hats hopefully.
    Looks like the only thing they know is each other is comforting. Is there any greater comfort in life then that belief of your significant other?
  - http://profile.yahoo.com/4BJMWIZDHNZOW7UAX7Z6H5UKKI Russell
    
    Don’t let the wombat near any balloons. Those claws…damn!
10xor01

Wombat Power!

I just noticed that the wikipedia entry for wombats mentions their distinctive cubic faeces. See this for more details:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzevM30IrUQ
- voiceinthedistance
  
  First time I’ve ever heard this phrase: ”I’ve used the model to make a range of jelly wombat scats”. Delivered with sincerity and conviction, no less.
  - Donald Petersen
    
    Who says there’s nothing worth tuning in for on Friday nights? My favorite comment from the YouTube page: “I’m in the weird part of YouTube again.”
    
    Oddly enough, that video was immensely satisfying as well as edifying. I’m awfully glad that human curiosity truly knows no bounds.
http://twitter.com/dexitroboper dexitroboper

You can read an interview with Peter Nicholson, who as a 16-year old schoolboy in 1960 discovered much of what is known about wombats life underground: http://www.abc.net.au/austory/transcripts/s508045.htm
http://doran.pacifist.net/ Doran

I think the GOP platform has a plank specifically outlawing wombat/kangaroo unions.
- http://twitter.com/rvitelli Romeo Vitelli
  
  Only if it’s same-sex…
  - chgoliz
    
    Yeah, they’ve been — grudgingly — allowing mixed marriages for a couple of decades now.
- BarBarSeven
  
  Liberal elite nonsense. If wombat & kangaroo were to actually develop a legitimate relationship, their mutual biology has ways to shut that whole thing down.
tubacat

Wombats – my Aussie friend calls them horizontal koalas…
- Antinous / Moderator
  
  Flop bears?
  - tubacat
    
    These guys didn’t look too floppy – they weighed from 500 lbs – 2 tons!
    Prehistoric wombats…
    
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phascolonus
- ImmutableMichael
  
  They’re basically a cross between a sloth and a footstool, dressed in an old doormat.
http://www.facebook.com/TimeNinja Richard Colletta

Adorable yes but I just want to let people know wild (and caged) Kangaroos are absolutely filthy, smelly beasts especially where there’s a lot of them. This one looks clean though however I do wonder how prudent it is to be pals with something with nails like that Wombat has. It looks like a friendly tussel could easily turn into a life-long scar.