Why Don't I Have An Immense Wombat-Like Marsupial!?!?
Never mind that I’m not entirely sure what a wombat is. Ah. Fancy that.
BBC – Climate wiped out mega marsupial
Humans are not to blame for the extinction of an immense wombat-like marsupial and other huge beasts who roamed prehistoric Australia…
A group of researchers now think that their extinction about 40,000 years ago was due to changes in the climate.
I love the first sentence. “Extry Extry! Read all about it! World in shock! Humans not to blame for every animal extinction! Tony Blair to reform government! Extry Extry!”
May 30th, 2005 at 11:32 pm
Must be a slow news day at the Beeb.
Early white settlers reported seeing aboriginal hunters inadvertently setting fire to vast tracts of forest in the attempt to flush out a few kangaroos. From that to assume that they also wiped out the “mega-fauna” was not a big step. But, maybe one step too many.
May 31st, 2005 at 5:44 am
PS. Wombats (non-mega variety) are cute and cuddly, but built like tanks, so you don’t want to hit one with your car – usually a right-off job.
May 31st, 2005 at 9:28 am
Well they look just precious.
Oh my goodness the thing’s a metre long. 20 to 35 kilograms. Hmm.