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Inside the secret lives of wombats
Popular Science 23 Jun 2024
an unofficial mascot known as Fatso the Fat-Arsed Wombat ... Wombats are closely related to koalas and nurture their young in pouches like other marsupials ... In response, Australians have erected cautionary road signs at some common wombat crossings.
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Welcome To Hotel Wombat: Burrows Provide Shelter For Many Small Animals In Need
IFL Science 20 Jun 2024
In 2021 zoologists placed 56 cameras in Australian forests to observe activity around burrows of the common wombat (Vombatus ursinus) and at similar, but burrowless, sites both in areas that were burned and in those that were not.
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Wombat burrows ‘provided refuge to animals after Australia wildfires’
The Times/The Sunday Times 16 Jun 2024
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A kangaroo, a possum and a bushrat walk into a burrow: research finds wombat homes are the supermarkets of the forest
The Observer 19 May 2024
While the common bare-nosed wombat is not considered threatened, its range has been dramatically reduced since European invasion. The common wombat’s relatives, the southern and northern hairy-nosed wombat, are considered threatened.
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Cameras reveal wombat burrows can be safe havens after fire and waterholes after rain
Phys Dot Org 18 May 2024
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Urgent need to better understand impact of lead exposure in wild mammals – study
AOL 11 Mar 2024
Other species with lead poisoning included ringed seal, beluga whale, common wombat, European hare, Tasmanian devil, American manatee and stump-tailed macaque ... “Lead exposure in wild mammals is an extremely serious issue ... .
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Budapest Zoo Increasingly Popular, Visitor Numbers Growing
Hungary Today 26 Feb 2024
With this result, the Hungarian capital’s zoo remains the country’s most visited cultural and public institution ... Fact ... The Komodo dragon and, since December 2011, the common wombat, are the most special animals of the zoo. Related article.
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New data gathered by citizen scientists reveal two biggest threats to wombats
Phys Dot Org 24 Oct 2023
The project initially aimed to uncover information on all things wombat from across Australia, particularly threats ... Making our roads safer for wombats ... latifrons), and the bare-nosed or common wombat (Vombatus ursinus).
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From glowing cats to wombats, fluorescent mammals are much more common than you'd think
Phys Dot Org 04 Oct 2023
From glowing cats to wombats, fluorescent mammals are much more common than you'd think (2023, October 4) retrieved 4 October 2023 from https.//phys.org/news/2023-10-cats-wombats-fluorescent-mammals-common.html.
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Rare video of wombats offers a glimpse into the bizarre realm of animal reproduction
Phys Dot Org 29 Mar 2023
If you look at where wombats deposit their poo, you realize they must be able to perform some surprising acrobatics ... Scientists have previously documented wombat sex in some detail ... Wombats are not polyprotodonts and only have two teats.
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25-million-year-old fossils of a bizarre possum and strange wombat relative reveal Australia's hidden past
Phys Dot Org 22 Mar 2023
a strange wombat relative and an even odder possum. Our wombat findings are published in Alcheringa ... A toothy wombat ... These animals are thought to have diverged from a common ancestor with wombats over 25 million years ago.
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Fox31 Denver
18 Feb 2023
Snakes can hear you scream, new research reveals
Fox31 Denver
18 Feb 2023
Read more ... For them, survival means avoiding being trodden on by large vertebrates such as kangaroos, wombats or humans. A common death adder (Acanthophis antarcticus) in an ambush position at Mount Glorious, Queensland. Christina N. Zdenek ... .
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