Wombat Hunting

one woolly wombat

Wombats, aboriginal for Bloodlust, are vile creatures that can strip the flesh from a freshly killed carcass in seconds flat, leaping up to twenty feet from a standing position to murder its prey in a cold blooded feeding frenzy. We came across this little critter in the wilds of Maria Island, Tasmania.






Fortunately, Nicole had some GHB handy (I'm not sure why she maintains a supply of it, a fact which is worthy of some follow-up questions on my part) so we subdued it with a healthy dose in order to examine it closely.

Hop Skip and a Jump

So you want kangaroos, do you? Well, we have plenty of kangaroo moments caught on film for your viewing pleasure! Smart people like me feed only the smaller cute ones. They must be the moms and young 'uns. Up close, these little ones are like pretty deer-rabbits creatures with their big brown eyes.







Damo likes to live dangerously so at the wildlife park he decided to sit down (first mistake) and feed the big males (second mistake). Here he is in various stages of getting mobbed by a mob of 'roos.







Lastly, we have Kanga and Roo. The joey (almost half the size of his mom) has just jumped into the pouch. How she fits all of him in there, we just don't know. It must be stuffy but we didn't see any joeys peek out--all you see are feet and maybe a tail. We think it's because the milk is way down in the pockets so once they dive in head first, they stay that way to take advantage of the open bar.


Ballarat, March 5th, 2006

sleeping koala

Look at our cute little buddy fast asleep after his afternoon snack of eucalyptus leaves, some hand picked by us! We just pulled off the road (jan 16th at Kennett River on the Great Ocean Road) and there he was, right in the wild--much lower down in the tall eucalylps than koalas usually are. A typical day consists of eating, then a lot of sleep, followed by more eating.

Sad thing is right now with all the bush fires, there's lots of koalas being burned in their trees and kangaroos with burnt paws from hopping through embers. : (

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