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kco
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Dec 13, 2010
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#41

look it up for wombats in Australia.

trysts
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Dec 13, 2010
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II-Oliveira wrote:

Seems that Wombats are very popular here, but before today I had never heard about this animal.

I tried to translate it with google and it didn't work.

So I went to wikipedia. It is weird that the Portuguese article was titled Vombatidae and the name of the animal is never mentioned (Vombatidae is the Wombats family)

The article Common Wombat is titled Vombatus ursinus in Portuguese Wikipedia and, again, no vulgar name is given, only cientific Latin.

I guess we don't even have a name for them!

Very interesting. And yes, wombats are quite popular latelyLaughing

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h86/Kohoutek/happywombat.jpg

MyCowsCanFly
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Dec 13, 2010
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#43

"No idiot left behind."

trysts
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Dec 13, 2010
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#44

The OP should have named the thread "Cats, Wombats, and Llamas", instead of naming it "800"Laughing

theoreticalboy
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Dec 13, 2010
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IOliveira
IOliveira
Dec 13, 2010
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#46

 trysts

Are they popular as pets in USA or only their photos?

By the way, I searched more deeply and found some Portuguese texts that call them Vombate.

Damn you, useless Wikipedia!

 

kco
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Dec 13, 2010
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#47

look up "wombats in Australia" ! 

trysts
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Dec 13, 2010
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#48
II-Oliveira wrote:

 trysts

Are they popular as pets in USA or only their photos?

By the way, I searched more deeply and found some Portuguese texts that call them Vombate.

Damn you, useless Wikipedia!

 

I've never seen one as a pet in the U.S. In fact, I've never seen one in-person. But they are pretty cute, aren't they?Wink

kco
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Dec 13, 2010
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#49

cute ! they can bite you really nasty if the are in a bad mood !!

trysts
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Dec 13, 2010
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kco wrote:

cute ! they can bite you really nasty if the are in a bad mood !!

What kind of noises do they make? Like a purr, or a bark?

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Dec 13, 2010
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kco
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Dec 13, 2010
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http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/wombat.htm

Wombats tend to be more vocal during mating season. When angered, they can make hissing sounds. Their call sounds somewhat like a pig's squeal. ...

trysts
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Dec 13, 2010
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kco wrote:

http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/wombat.htm

Wombats tend to be more vocal during mating season. When angered, they can make hissing sounds. Their call sounds somewhat like a pig's squeal. ...

Thanks, kco!Smile

kco
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Dec 13, 2010
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#54

Here is an excellent website about wombats

http://www.wombania.com/wombats/wombat-vocalizations.htm

gambit13
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Dec 13, 2010
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#55

My favourite kind of wombat is the Southern hairy nosed wombat.

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Dec 13, 2010
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#56

Which is better wombats or koalas?

kco
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Dec 14, 2010
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kco
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Dec 14, 2010
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#58
RDR75 wrote:

Which is better wombats or koalas?

 better in what ?

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Dec 14, 2010
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kco wrote:
RDR75 wrote:

Which is better wombats or koalas?

 better in what ?

 Better in the same way that a knight is better than a bishop and waffles are better than pancakes and Fischer was better than Kasparov!Laughing

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Dec 14, 2010
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#60

I agree with pushwood.