Australian equivelent of a NA badger.

Stephen Overmyer wrote:

> At 11:58 PM 12/08/2003 -0400, JordanVw@aol.com wrote:
>
>> In a message dated 8/12/03 11:54:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>> s.overmyer@UWS.EDU.AU writes:
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>>> Sadly,the poor old wombat wasn't
>>> so lucky...:(
>>
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>> ok, what the hell is a WOMBAT??  :<)
>>
>> chris
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>
>  Chris et al,
>
>  have a look at....
>  http://www.dpiwe.tas.gov.au/inter.nsf/WebPages/BHAN-53F7KJ?open
>
>  But in short,Wombats are an Australian marsupial that are
>  nocturnal in nature.
>  They are up to about 4 feet long and can weigh up to maybe 80
>  or 100 lbs for a big male.They are very strong and live in burrows
>  that are large complexes of underground tunnels.
>  They have long claws for digging and whilst they can be pretty laid
>  back,they do have a temper so you treat them with respect :)
>  You don't want to p*ss one off...
>
>   Unfortunately they roam about at night and as their road sense
>   is non-existant,they often get cleaned up on country roads.
>   They can make a mess of small cars too...I have known of
>   someone who was killed when they collided with one while
>   driving a Mini Minor.It rolled the Mini and the driver was thrown
>   out with fatal results.
>
>   The one I hit lifted the van up on two wheels as it went over it
>   and the trailer followed.Sadly the wombat was history,but at
>   least it appeared to have been killed instantly,and wasn't writhing
>   around in pain...
>   Besides cleaning off hair and blood,the van escaped with needing
>   only a wheel alignment despite hitting what felt like two bags of
>   cement on the road.
>
>   The poor feller chose to cross the road in a dip and my headlights
>   didn't pick him up untill I was almost on him.With a loaded van
>   and a trailer carrying a water tank,I couldn't do a lot of quick
>   swerving to avoid him,although I did try...
>
>   Cheers,
>   Steve O
>   NSW Austraila
>   '92 Transporter WBX Kombi
>   '00 Transporter Double Cab
>   '03 Transporter Double Cab (work truck)
>
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