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Originally posted by Niki2:
Poor deluded baby...can't you tell the difference between a wombat and a human? My goodness: How do you function? For those interested in reality:

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She may only have a tiny heart - but luckily for Karmann the orphaned wombat, she was rescued by an animal lover with a large one.
The helpless little creature owes her life to a driver who rescued her from the pouch of her dying mother, who had been run over in East Gippsland, Australia in early March.

Karmann was rushed to the Warrandyte Wildlife Shelter in Melbourne, where she is to spend the next three months of her life being cared for in their state-of-the-art intensive care unit.

Here her temperature is carefully monitored and she is steadily putting on weight thanks to being fed six times a day.

The equipment to care for Karmann, who is now three-and-a-half-months old, was purchased thanks to a government grant and generous donations from the public following Australia's devastating wildfires last year.

Unlike kangaroos, wombats have a pouch on their backs instead of their stomachs.

This ensures that as they dig their burrows with their front paws and strong, rodent-like teeth, they do not cover their newborns with dirt.
Baby wombats are not supposed to leave the pouch until they are about seven months old - which is why Karmann is being kept in an incubator and cared for so carefully.

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Thank you, that's an adorable story...









At the same time, it's sad how much care people will sometimes give to a critter, while leaving other humans to die on the streets...

But then, do they HAVE homeless Down Under??


"I'm just right. Kinda like the sun rising in the east and the world being round...its not a need its just the way it is." The Delusional "Hero", 3/1/10

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