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Having just found the Digger comic, it's amusing to see this come up. Sad to hear they're so endangered. http://diggercomic.com/blog/2007/02/01/wombat1-gnorf/
by dpflug 8y ago
Having just found the Digger comic, it's amusing to see this come up. Sad to hear they're so endangered.
http://diggercomic.com/blog/2007/02/01/wombat1-gnorf/ http://diggercomic.com/blog/2007/02/01/wombat1-gnorf/
- jpatokal 8y agoThey're not -- the common wombat is, true to its name, still very common, and it's only the northern hairy-nosed wombat that's endangered. They are, however, all now protected from hunting, so wombat hams no longer feature on Australian menus.
- cmroanirgo 8y agoMy niece has raised a few (she's a zookeeper), and they're amazing little animals that become huge amazing animals. They're friendly, playful and love company. There's one that roams on my parent's 20acre farm (but it's wild, so we leave it alone). I thought this little video might sidetrack everyone from their regular cat watching: https://youtu.be/oCZ9Zyi6XaA https://youtu.be/oCZ9Zyi6XaA
- update 8y agohm, the article says the opposite about the common wombat. > Now, despite its name, the common wombat is no longer common. Overgrazing and the destruction of their natural habitat has caused a sharp drop in their numbers; all species of wombat are now protected, and the northern hairy-nosed wombat is critically endangered.
- jpatokal 8y agoYes, that's what the article says, but the IUCN disagrees: http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/40556/0 http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/40556/0
- dbuder 8y agoYou mention wombat hams like it was some common thing, I've never heard of anyone eating wombat, other than indigenous peoples.