There’s way too much doom and gloom in the media today so here’s a little piece to combat it. 🙂
(Pic by Campbell Jones who sold copyright to Rottnest Fast Ferries Pty Ltd)
The humble quokka, a native Australian marsupial, has been given the title of the Happiest Animal In The World by some and it’s not hard to see why…
Recently Roger Federer, the great Swiss tennis player, raised their profile several thousand percent when he snapped a selfie with this little guy he met while visiting my home of Perth.
There are few of these animals left on our mainland (wild cats and wild development has seen to that!) but there is a thriving colony on a holiday island just off the coast from Perth, Rottnest Island (Early Dutch explorers saw these guys with their rat-like tails and thought they were rats – hence the island name).
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Awesome animal, soo cute and happy looking✌
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Thanks! They are almost too cute for their own good. 😉
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I hope you manage to preserve the remainder. What a cutie!
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If we think we can make money out of them (tourism) i’m sure we will find a way to preserve them – the way of the world it seems?
Just being cute is probably not enough reason – though it should be!
They are very cute – and ‘mostly harmless’ 😉
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Oh my gosh! I have never even heard of them before. It is so cute! Is it still smiling while it sleeps? Can you send me one? 🙂
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I’m pretty sure they have happy dreams and sleep with a smile on their faces. 😉
Sadly, due to their status as ‘vulnerable’ and there only being some 20,000 or so left in the wild, i’m unable to send you a real one. 😦
The closest i could get is this: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/DINKI-DI-ENDANGERED-QUOKKA-WITH-BABY-SOFT-ANIMAL-PLUSH-TOY-29cm-NEW/162716139696?epid=603277748&hash=item25e2a340b0:g:G~MAAOSw6VRZ5oS~
When’s your birthday? 😉
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LOL! That is a cute stuffed animal. I looked them up, a bush fire killed almost 90% of the population. That is so sad. I hope they breed like rabbits. 🙂
I will hint to Rebel Guy for my birthday next year. (Sept) 🙂
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Cute – but i think the real ones are actually cuter! 🙂
We get really bad bushfires here (a lot set intentionally by idiots!) so small populations can be very susceptible to them, but in this case it was one of the smaller isolated mainland populations that got it bad. Most are thankfully still safe!
Also sadly they only have one young at a time – although they are up for it as soon as their young leave the pouch! so they can have two-three babies per year.
Yay! 🙂
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The real ones are cuter! I am so glad to know about them, so glad you posted it! 🙂
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They are so cute…
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Soo cute.. 🙂
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That’s fer sure! 🙂 🙂
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Reblogging to sister site “Timeless Wisdoms”
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