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Common Wombat — printable fact sheet
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Common Wombat
Vombatus ursinus
Vombatus ursinus is the animal responsible for the only cubic faeces in the natural world, and the mechanism was finally worked out by engineers rather than zoologists: the last stretch of intestine has alternating stiff and stretchy regions in its wall, so as the very dry pelle…
Did you know?
- A wombat's teeth never stop growing, allowing them to continuously gnaw tough vegetation without wearing down their teeth.
- Wombat teeth grow continuously throughout life, like a rodent's, because grinding gritty grass would otherwise wear them to nothing. During the 2019-20 Australian bushfires their burrows sheltered other species, and while the "wombats herding animals to safety" story was overblown, the burrows genuinely do act as fire refuges. A wombat can hit around 40 km/h over a short dash, which is faster than most people expect from a barrel-shaped animal weighing 25 kg. Their extreme water economy means they can go for long periods without drinking at all.
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