You'll Be Dying To Get A Quokka When You Read These 10 Facts About The Mini Marsupial
I'll just go ahead and make the prediction now: the Quokka is about to take the place of cats for the internet's favorite animal. QUOKKA 2016!!!
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Kangaroos and Wallabies also belong to the macropod family.
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And very cute, at that.
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Because, you know, they're giant cat-rats. They're the only land mammal on the island, which is located southwest of Australia.
This is apparently an adaptation–quokkas love to scavenge around campsites and beg for food.
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And you can get a $300 fine for doing so.
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Sometimes, while fleeing from a predator, a mother quokka will drop her baby from her pouch as a distraction to the predator. Damn, that's cold for such a cute animal.
All though they're frequently sighted out and about during the day, they do most of their business at night.
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They love seeds, leaves, and lots of plants.
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They're super cute and all, but they're got pretty gnarly claws, and they're classified as vulnerable. I know, we all want one. But the time is not yet right.