What do you know about wombats?

[plowter]

Just found out, from reading the Sundays, that wombats suck their thumbs.

What interesting facts do you know about wombats.

[MarkRae]

They're marsupials...

[plowter]

Struggling to find any interestng facts about wombats.
When relaxed, they sleep on their backs:


http://resources1.news.com.au/images/2012/01/26/1226254/753533-wombats-barney-and-pinky.jpg

[Prudie]

I'd like to cuddle one, they can be kept as pets can't they?

[shoota]

Isn't there a guided missile called a wombat?

[sandyRoe]

They're not the brightest critters in the animal kingdom.

[plowter]

Nope. They're cute but grumpy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8cIrZs2UnI

[shoota]

Sorry, apparently it's a 120mm recoiless rifle....

[joggerjayne]

It's what you call someone when they say something stupid?

[whiskeryron]

They are Upials who apparently were believed to have originated on Mars.

(Say it slowly Mars-Upials).

WR.

[Prudie]

OK can anyone remember a daytime soap years ago set in Australia that featured a pet wombat? was it about vets or doctors?

[jno]

Skippy, the Bush Wombat?

[Prudie]

Come on jno, I was expecting you to know!

[Mamyalynne]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Country_Practice#Cast_list

[Mamyalynne]

Fatso the wombat.

[Prudie]

Oh well done mamya, that's the one.

[plowter]

gawd, mamya, I remember that.

I'm not fat - I'm a quadrupedal marsupial with an extraordinarily slow metabolism.

[Calibax]

They play the recorder badly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5XcsMDhmXE

[wildwood]

They have their pouch facing backwards (opposite way from mine) so they don't get earth in their pouch when they dig.