Wombats

Wombats The Common Wombat (Vombatus Ursinus) a native Australian Marsupial, is a stout, sturdy animal with a large blunt head. It has small ears and a very short tail. It has short, stubby but very powerful legs with broad claws which it uses for digging. Wombats grow to about 1.3 meters in length and can weigh up to 36-40 kgs for an adult male. The female has a backward facing pouch to prevent dirt from entering while digging. This pouch is where she carries her Joey (young) till emergence at approximately 7-10 months. Wombats are nocturnal animals and have very poor eyesight. They are perceived as a slow animal and not very dangerous. This however is very wrong as they can cause a nasty bite and are capable of running at a speed of up to 40 klms per hour. If you find one in a wombats, very, territory, meters, burrows, burrow, wombat, short, prevent, pouch, native, dog, digging, animals, animal, about, young, wrong, worse, wise, while, weigh, wear, wander, vombatus, ursinus, undisturbed, till, territories, tail, sturdy, stubby, stout, speed, soil, snorting