what could they have in common?

These 2 have something in common that they don't share with any other marsupial - any idea?

[Phil Sandford]

Climbing trees - is that one?

[Beryl Lloyd]

Curiosity got the better of me !! and I had to google it !! and found one answer !! It's not cheating but enriching my knowledge !

[Margaret Snell]

I think it has something to do with their pouches

[Nina Ganci]

sweet capture

[KoalaGardens🐨]

@phil_sandford no wombats can't climb, they burrow underground, so in that way they are very different 🤓

[KoalaGardens🐨]

@oldjosh good try, they face backwards, but that is not the thing that is really similar about them. can you think of anything else?

[KoalaGardens🐨]

@beryl oh good for you and you are letting it play out too 👏👏

[Gosia]

Common ancestors?

[Babs]

Are they both nocturnal

[Lee-Ann]

Nice shot.

[Desi]

As I am an ocean away my knowledge of your animals is scanty, but I do remember having a baby wombat on my lap and its hair was so hard and spiky whereas a koala looks soft and cuddly, and one lives way up in the trees and the other underground so I would never have thought of them being similar. Looking forward to learning what it is

[Esther Rosenberg]

I think you may have given an answer way back when I started 365 . I cant remember ( bad on me) ...something with how they carry the newborns?

[Steve Chappell]

I can't think of anything that makes them similar - maybe how much they sleep? This has been a fun series so far, I look forward to these new facts every day

[Mags]

I can't imagine, but then I'm not very familiar with either.

[Chris Cook]

I’m curious to see the answer

[Diana]

Like most, I don't have a clue but am very curious too ;-)

[Shutterbug]

Maybe something about the nose being an identifier like fingerprints. No idea really.

[Sally Ings]

Checking out the landscape. Super capture.
Like Beryl I was too inquisitive so I had to look it up.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

So interesting. I'm curious what they have in common, too.

[wendy frost]

No idea but look forward to what it is. Lovely capture.

[JackieR]

Two thumbs??

[KoalaGardens🐨]

@30pics4jackiesdiamond good try! wombats actually have no thumbs, maybe the koala stole theirs? 🤣

[KoalaGardens🐨]

@gosia yes, they are very close cousins to each other 😊 but ancestors isn't the physical feature I was thinking of ...

[Poppo Livy]

They both have Big Bums?

[Rick]

Great shot.

[Fr1da]

Im glad I know Koalas and wombats are related !

[Ann H. LeFevre]

My thought was along the lines of pouches too- and perhaps having to do with the baby needing to climb into it after being born. Now I'll go look it up to see if I was right. Love this shot.