Wombats
Wombats are really interesting and cute animals. They’re quick learners, playful, and smart. They live in forests and woodlands and are nocturnal. Their main threat is cars and trucks because when they cross roads and feel the vibration of a car coming, they will curl up in a ball and stop with their hard pad on their bottom facing the car and then they get killed by an amazingly violent convertible. When a feral cat attacks them, they will go into their burrow, let the cat hang onto them, drag the cat into their burrow, and smash it on the ceiling until it dies. Ha ha — one down, a lot more to go. Wombats will spend two thirds of their lifetime underground even though they’re a close relative of the koala who lives in trees. Wombats are one of the world’s largest burrowers and some of their burrows can be 30 yards deep. They can weigh from 40 to 80 pounds and run up to 25 mph for short distances! There are less than 100 hairy nosed wombats, but wombats are protected in every Australian state except eastern Victoria.
