Most handraised wombats are like that. At around 11 months of age they decide there life's ambition is to amputate every human foot they see at the ankle. When they're at the size of suzie above, they wait until anything fleshy is within biting range.
Compared to the body size, wonbats have the largest brain of almost any mammal. but they look stupid and naive, and they know it. They pretend to be stupid and naive so they can get away with anything.
Most handraised wombats are like that. At around 11 months of age they decide there life's ambition is to amputate every human foot they see at the ankle. When they're at the size of suzie above, they wait until anything fleshy is within biting range.
Compared to the body size, wonbats have the largest brain of almost any mammal. but they look stupid and naive, and they know it. They pretend to be stupid and naive so they can get away with anything.
As Diprotodon was considered to be vegetarian, they would have only taken out humans in the same way a cow or rhino might - by trampling them.
And though Diprotodon was related to the wombats and was wombat-like, it wasn't technically a wombat and didn't dig a burrow. The giant Phascolonus gigas was the largest wombat, and was the largest creature to ever dig burrows.
If I lived back in those days I'd be more worried about the carnivorous kangaroo Propleopus ocillans and the aptly named Demon Duck of Doom Bullockornis planei.
an interesting thing about common wombats is that their droppings are almost cube-shaped. You can just make that out in this photo. The theory I have heard is that it is because they deposit them upon logs as territorial markings, and the shape prevents them rolling off.
As Diprotodon was considered to be vegetarian, they would have only taken out humans in the same way a cow or rhino might - by trampling them.
And though Diprotodon was related to the wombats and was wombat-like, it wasn't technically a wombat and didn't dig a burrow. The giant Phascolonus gigas was the largest wombat, and was the largest creature to ever dig burrows.
If I lived back in those days I'd be more worried about the carnivorous kangaroo Propleopus ocillans and the aptly named Demon Duck of Doom Bullockornis planei.
If I lived back in those days I'd be more worried about the carnivorous kangaroo Propleopus ocillans and the aptly named Demon Duck of Doom Bullockornis planei.
