@hermann They certainly didn't worry about humans! @onewing@ribbet9@merrelyn@janeandcharlie Yes, when he came out of the pouch I was amazed how big he was! I will post another shot tonight :) @ladymagpie You nailed it! A joke here in Australia is that Tassie folk have 2 heads, so I guess the wallaby can too :) @jamibann An interesting fact Issi, is that there are no koalas in Tasmania! Something wiped them out, and they haven't relocated any there from the mainland - which surprises me as we have areas where the koala is eating their habitat bare! I have koalas near me, so I'm happy :)
@gilbertwood That's weird, and I didn't know! It's funny how my favourite wild animals tend to be from Australia. I think it's to do with a school project I did ... platypus duck, kookaburra, koala, kangaroo, and then there's the darling wombat ... they all amaze me and I love them all. I've only ever seen them in zoos so far ... maybe one day I'll see real ones!
@jamibann You're just going to have to visit us :) By the way, the platypus is not a duck, and you forgot the beautiful echidna! I must admit I haven't seen a wombat in the wild and whenever I'm in their territory (as in Tasmania) my goal is to find one - no luck so far except sadly some dead ones on the side of the road. We don't have them in my part of the country. Hopefully see you soon over here :)
Interesting fact about relocating koalas - it is not successful very often at all because koalas are very territorial and their gut flora are tuned to their habitat. Most times that relocations have been tried at least 85% or more die slow awful deaths, often sitting in food trees and starving because they are not 'their' trees. Often they head off to try and get home which is a certain slow death.
if we could simply relocate koalas from over-populated areas we truly would do this in a heartbeat
@koalagardens Thanks for the informative response :) That really explains the relocation problem - and they certainly would have trouble swimming back to the mainland!!!!
@onewing @ribbet9 @merrelyn @janeandcharlie Yes, when he came out of the pouch I was amazed how big he was! I will post another shot tonight :)
@ladymagpie You nailed it! A joke here in Australia is that Tassie folk have 2 heads, so I guess the wallaby can too :)
@jamibann An interesting fact Issi, is that there are no koalas in Tasmania! Something wiped them out, and they haven't relocated any there from the mainland - which surprises me as we have areas where the koala is eating their habitat bare! I have koalas near me, so I'm happy :)
if we could simply relocate koalas from over-populated areas we truly would do this in a heartbeat