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We met this cute baby wombat at Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary this week.
She didn’t want to come out of her burrow. It took three keepers to wake her up and get her to join the tour. She is a fourteen month old orphan, currently happy to be cuddled and patted.
In another year, she will hit the teenage years and become independent of humans, more aggressive, which will indicate the time to release her back into the wild.
After her photo shoot with the keeper, she had a stretch.
She went for a walk.
She had a scratch.
Then headed back to bed.
I was totally enthralled by this little Aussie marsupial. She has a perfect “face” for this week’s photo challenge.
Ah, so adorable! Wonderful photos Ruth. You’re right, she has a perfect face.
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Thanks Miriam. We were lucky to get up so close.
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The do have lovely faces. The baby my Dad raised kind of ruined hers by burning the tips of her ears off sleeping in front of our open fire – she was fine – and still cute. She was eventually sent a sanctuary up North as she got too big and cranky to keep at home.
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Nice story Claudette. It seems they get very cranky and unmanagable as teenagers.
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Just a bit niggly and nippy, and they have hard sharp teeth!
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So cute.
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Very nice!
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How cute! I didn’t realize they were so big.
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Thanks Cynthia. They can grow up to 1.2 meters in length and weigh 35 kg.
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Too Cute!
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After seeing these pictures, if I had a ‘bucket list’ the first thing would be to have the chance to hug a wombat!
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Thanks for comment, Jude. They are an unusual creature.
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They look cute! By the way Ruth, I accidentally unfollowed your site but I am back now!
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Hi Rainee. Glad you are still enjoying my blog 🙂
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Awwww!! I was surprised at how large this baby looked relative to the handler. They are much bigger than I thought … and totally adorable 🙂
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They are cute. Apparently they can run fast for short distances. We were told they could beat Usain Bolt in a 100 meter sprint.
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In Victoria, our wombats are dark brown. If you ever see one on the side of the road at night, approach it cautiously. They have an unfortunate habit of needing to be on the other side of the road just as you are passing. And usually the car comes off 2nd best. They are solid.
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We haven’t seen any walking by the side of the road, fortunately. Just a couple sleeping in tree hollows.
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We had a pet wombat when the children were little. He was very cute but destroyed our front door and built a burrow underneath our courtyard which then collapsed one night when we had guests. We had to take him to a wild-life park. He was still there when we checked up on him 12 months later getting into the same mischief of burrowing underneath bird cages and making escape routes for some of the other wild animals. However, it was good to see that he was looked after and cared for.
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What a fun story. I guess borrowing is their natural instinct.
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Lucky you seeing the wombat. I’ve never managed to see one yet, they are always asleep when ever I’ve been to a sanctuary
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This is the best sanctuary that I’ve visited. All the animals were up and about.
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It’s so cute! I’m in Australia now and I just cuddled a wombat too! They are really adorable and affectionate 🙂
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