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How the Pre-Raphaelites Became Obsessed with the Wombat
- Grakel 5y agoI don't know what to say about this, but it's fucking awesome. Read it.
- podiki 5y agoInteresting....but no mention of wombat's cube poop? [0] Surely that didn't go unnoticed. [0] e.g. https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/01/its-the-wombats-strange-intestines-not-its-anus-that-produces-cubed-poo/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/01/its-the-wombats-stra...
- zabzonk 5y agoWombats also feature in Patrick O'Brian's naval novels, where Stephen Maturin, much to the irritation of Jack Aubry, carries a hold-full of them back towards Britain, but has to off-load them at Cape Town, for reasons. They are mentioned in several of the books in the series which, as it happens, I am currently rereading.