Editor's Note:
Before the Chinese New Year, our nature geek, Mr. Xie Jing, the owner of the Deep Creek Tiger Hall, came to Tasmania Island, the southernmost part of Australia. At the end of this world, he was deeply attracted to an animal on the island and could not extricate himself from it, what kind of animal was it? Let's take a look!
Every time you go out, there will be some different harvests, or appreciate the magnificent natural landscape, or see a thousand strange customs and customs, or eat and eat, drink, buy and buy, people, the picture is not a pain.
So if you ask me now what the biggest takeaway from this trip to Tasmania is, it's that I've gained a quality idol, and I can rightfully announce that now I'm its little fan!
This little fresh meat is the Tasmanian Wombat WOMBAT!
Before coming to Tasmania, even the understanding of wombats came from Baidu and a heavy and interesting picture.
Wombat (scientific name: Phascolomidae): Is a common name for 3 species of animals in 2 genera of the wombat family. These include Queensland Fursned Wombats, South Australian Fursned Wombats and Tasmanian Wombats. It is thick and muscular, about a meter long, with small eyes, short legs, and a very short tail, resembling a small bear in appearance, and its habits are closer to rodents. Herbivorous, good at digging, likes to dig complex deep holes in the ground. It mainly lives in temperate areas suitable for cave dwelling open forests, hills and coasts, at an altitude of about 0-1800 meters. It is found in eastern and southern Australia and on the island of Tasmania.
As for that picture, it's below!
What kind of chrysanthemum can make such a magical convenience? It was with this curiosity that I encountered my first wombat up close on the side of the road shortly after landing on Tasmania.
It turns out that no matter how realistic the picture is, it is not as vivid as what you saw on the spot.
You see this fleshy, round pier, iron little guy, for the scattered, obsessive star-chasing people from all over the world, a cute expression, intently doing their favorite things--- eat! No matter what pose you have next to you, whether you have a long gun or a short cannon, I stand still, in my world of wombats, there is nothing more important than eating well.
So, the scene is like this.
Wombats buried their heads in eating wildly, tourists buried their heads in the wild shooting, the scene was once only the sound of the little guys bar chirping and the sound of fans clicking and clicking the shutter, not to mention those children who were as cute as the wombats, tightly, slowly, and inseparably followed behind the wombat's round and cute peach buttocks, no need to ask, they want to know how the convenience is coming out.
Even so much attention, Wombat always buried his head in the wild eating, you can see that those grass buds that are still stained with raindrops are its favorite, turning left, turning right, twisting and turning, from time to time causing many fans behind him to stir. It can be seen that this little guy usually has a good life, the hair is smooth and slippery, the pearls are round and jade, and you can faintly see a brown fur under the tendons and flesh knots, full of movement. It didn't take long for the grass to eat almost, and the little guy poked his ass (yes, this pout word is extremely accurate here, never seen any animal that can convey the action of "plucking the ass" so smoothly, without showing a trace) Fart ran upside down towards another piece of lush territory, causing many fans behind to rush forward and backward, lest they miss the opportunity to get close to the superstar idol. Not long after, the bustle of this grassy area attracted the attention of pedestrians and vehicles on the side of the road, and everyone stopped for a while and rushed to gather up, which once caused a small traffic jam.
In fact, in addition to the first Idol --- wombats on this trip, there are many small partners in the marsupial family, well, in fact, it is still a very large family. According to the existing classification, there are about 237 species of marsupials, divided into possum family, possum family, possum family, kangaroos, neokangaroni family, kangaroo family, kangaroo family, etc. More than ten families, of which the distribution of the new kangaroo family is limited to parts of South America, the possum family is distributed in parts of South America and North America, and the rest are distributed in Oceania or a small number of Southeast Asian islands, the most famous of which is Australia!
Among marsupials, kangaroos are undoubtedly the most well-known representatives. Its image spread across the australian continent and even appeared on Australia's national emblem, so much so that it almost became synonymous with Australia. There is also an interesting story about the origin of its English name. It is said that in the 18th century, a British navigator led a fleet to Oceania for the first time, and when they saw this monster with short front legs and long hind legs, they were so amazed that they asked the local indigenous people what to call this animal, and the natives replied: "kangarooo". As a result, "Kanglu" became the English name of the kangaroo and was used. However, people later understood that "Kangaroo" meant "not knowing" in the local vernacular.
In addition to this, there are two marsupials that caught my special attention.
One is the thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian tiger, which has such a majestic name because although it is a wolf, it is covered with the same stripes as a tiger, but if you look at its head and teeth, it is a wolf. It can run on four legs like a hyena. It is also possible to jump and walk on its hind legs like a wallaby. The thylacine's jaw bones are split in two sections like a snake, so it can click and bite the head of the hunting dog. They often act alone at night, mostly targeting kangaroos, wallabies, or flightless birds. Although the thylacine is not running fast, it has excellent endurance and adopts the tactic of chasing until the prey is exhausted.
As the most cattle carnivorous beast on this continent, it can also be regarded as no tiger in the mountains, and the thylacine is called the king.
Unfortunately, not long after humans discovered the Australian continent, this animal was already extinct, and as for who did it, it is self-evident. The thylacine had lived on the Australian mainland for tens of thousands of years, and the last thylacine, who died in 1936 at hobart Zoo on Tasmania, has since disappeared.
Another animal is the Tasmanian Devil, the Tasmanian Devil.
The Tasmanian Devil is the only member of the genus Tasmanian devil that is not much larger than a Teddy, but it is muscular and very strong. A black fur shiny and shiny, with a beautiful white pattern in the middle. Tasmanian devils are extremely fierce in temperament, emitting a strong smell and harsh cries when attacked, especially the unique howling and grumpy temper, and Tasmania's earliest inhabitants were so frightened by the terrible screams of Tasmanian devils from afar at night that they called them "Tasmanian devils". Tasmanian devils are the world's largest carnivorous marsupial mammals, and according to the latest scientific research, the Tasmanian devil is often underestimated as the most powerful mammal in existence, far better than lions and tigers of the same size. Tasmanian devils prey on other small animals, but when they cannot catch live animals, they also feed on carrion. They usually act alone, but are occasionally found to also act with other Devils.
Later, when chatting with the tour guide about wombats, I learned that in this magical land of Australia, WOMBAT definitely belongs to the public pet that is on par with koalas, and its status is somewhat similar to That of China's giant pandas. And because of people's attention to their almost doting, these little guys have a little more unusual affinity for humans. This conclusion is further validated later in the Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary.
Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary is an animal orphanage-like institution that houses a variety of small or disabled animals that have lost their parents due to accidents. Inside the first kindergarten, the first kindergarten turned left was a small orphan wombat, which was obviously a BABY WOMBAT compared to the big guys who had met on the side of the road before.
Especially when the nurseryman came in to clean the garden and feed the feed, the little guy was like seeing his parents, sticking to the big sister every step of the way. Wherever people go, the bear runs and circles around at the feet of the nurseryman, but it makes the childcare worker be careful, so as not to step on this sticky little guy without paying attention. It can be seen that circling around this daily caregiver is the greatest pleasure of this little one every day. Especially from time to time, you have to raise your little face, look at the big sister with your eyes, or simply rub around at the feet of the nurseryman, watching this furry little round ball roll over at your feet, the nurseryman himself also laughs happily, occasionally gently kicking and kicking this little fat mound in the middle of the road with his toes, the original intention is to let it get out of the way, don't get in the way, but did not expect to cause the little guy to be more crazy to spoil, excitedly around the nurseryman as the center, within a radius of no more than one meter to change the pattern of tumbling Jump, run, almost speak and ask for a hug.
Looking at the scene of the unity of the people and bears in front of them, I believe that the hearts of everyone around me are warm. Everyone lives on the same earth, a long time ago they were all family, from the same ancestor after millions of years of evolution, to today's way, in the middle of their own creation to make people.
I hope that now and in the future, humans and animals can live in harmony like this, after all, a planet with only humans is inevitably too boring.