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
"There has never been a better time to be a baby wombat," Burke said in a short statement on Friday celebrating Jones' departure.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2025
"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
“In going through the literature,” Dr. Nimmo said, “there was quite a lot of evidence that species other than wombats were regularly using wombat burrows.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
The giant diprotodon, a two-and-a-half-ton wombat, roamed the forests.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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
Much as it’s easy to retreat in despair, the lemurs, the giraffes, the sharks and wombats, and actual bats, need our help.
From Salon ● Dec. 31, 2024
While it turned out that wombats weren’t gallantly ushering woodland creatures out of harm’s way, Dr. Nimmo decided to explore the role of their burrows in forest ecosystems affected by a fire.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
Koalas are iconic Australian marsupials, like wombats and kangaroos.
From Seattle Times ● May 9, 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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