Wombat!

Cute Overload posted a couple videos featuring super cute wombats yesterday, and I was so enchanted by these ridiculously cute and cuddly bear-looking things, it inspired me to do some research on them!

These are the videos!

Wombats are native to Australia, which unfortunately means I probably can't go to PetSmart and get one, or find a wombat rescue center or something. They are nocturnal, like hamsters, and herbivores, like bunnies (two of my favorite household animals!). They can reach speeds of up to 25 mph, which seems pretty fast for such little things! They are marsupials, like koalas, and have the same slow digestive systems that koalas do. Apparently, there's a national Wombat Day on October 22. I'm going to mark that in my calendar for future reference and celebration. 

There are two different kinds of wombats - Bare Nosed and Hairy Nosed. The difference mainly is that the Hairy Nosed ones are kind of weirder looking. Also, they are somewhat bigger and softer than their Bare Nosed cousins, plus they are considered endangered, whereas the Bare Noseds are not! They average around 55 pounds and 40 inches long.

So there are all my facts about wombats. I'm still upset I can't adopt one. And even if I went to Australia, I probably wouldn't see (and capture...) one because most Australians have never seen one in the wild!