Topic – Australia
The comfortable hopping
speed for Red Kangaroos is about 2025 km/h, but they can hop as fast as 70 km/h over short distances.
Wombats are Australian marsupials; they are shortlegged, muscular quadrupeds, approximately one
metre in length and with a very short tail. The name wombat comes from the Eora Aboriginal community
who were the original inhabitants of the Sydney area. Wombats dig extensive burrow systems with
rodentlike front teeth and powerful claws. Although mainly crepuscular and nocturnal, wombats will
also venture out to feed on cool or overcast days. They are not as easily seen as many animals, but leave
ample evidence of their passage, treating fences as a minor inconvenience to be gone through or under
and leaving distinctive cubic scats. Wombats are herbivores, their diet consisting mostly of grasses,
sedges, herbs, bark and roots.
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