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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://defcon.social/@corbden" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>corbden</span></a></span> no.</p><p>I am the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Wombat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wombat</span></a>!</p>
Flipboard Science Desk<p>The American "influencer" who snatched a baby wombat in Australia has apologized.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@AssociatedPress" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>AssociatedPress</span></a></span> has an explainer about these furry, nocturnal marsupials: <a href="https://flip.it/3ddhr5" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/3ddhr5</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Wombat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wombat</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Animals</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Influencer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Influencer</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>GIVE HER THE BOOT!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wombat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wombat</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>A "Hunting Influencer" was concerned for the animal. 🤔 </p><p>Bollocks</p><p>I saw the video, the look on her face wasn't of concern but of "look at this weird, cute thing, and look at me, look at me, look at me" </p><p>These narcissistic abusers can stay in Gilead, thanks. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/15/baby-wombat-snatching-us-influencer-apologises-and-says-she-was-concerned-for-australian-animal-ntwnfb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">25/mar/15/baby-wombat-snatching-us-influencer-apologises-and-says-she-was-concerned-for-australian-animal-ntwnfb</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wombat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wombat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a></p>
Andy<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/babywombat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>babywombat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/wombat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wombat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/samjones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>samjones</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/anthonyalbanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anthonyalbanese</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>australia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/pm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/primeminister" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>primeminister</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/influencers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>influencers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/albanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>albanese</span></a> <br>Reasons to love Australia. My comment of the week goes to Anthony Albanese the Australian PM, on the baby wombat debacle. What a funny, brutal, and flawless response…</p><p>“They are gentle, lovely creatures… I suggest to this so-called “influencer”, maybe she should try some other Australian animals, maybe she should try a crocodile.</p><p>Take a baby crocodile from its mother and see how you go there…”</p>
Andy<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/influencers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>influencers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/babywombat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>babywombat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/wombat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wombat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/samjones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>samjones</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>australia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/youtube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>youtube</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/influencer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>influencer</span></a> <br>Just been reading about “influencers” after the baby wombat debacle. If these are the kind of people others aspire to, then lord help the next generation.<br>Be your own person, form your own ideas, and be influenced by people from history who really count. Being obsessed with the idea of making money from tacky advertising or inane trivia isn’t a character trait I particularly admire.</p><p>I definitely feel a poll coming on…</p>
Glyn Moody<p>Baby <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wombat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wombat</span></a> grabber Sam Jones leaves <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> after intense backlash including from PM and immigration minister - <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/14/sam-jones-baby-wombat-australia-backlash-leaving-australia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">25/mar/14/sam-jones-baby-wombat-australia-backlash-leaving-australia</span></a> great headline</p>
skua<p>I've driven on Australia's country roads.</p><p>Seen the carnage of the wildlife.</p><p>I can't begin to tell you how bad it is.</p><p>It's hard knowing this and seeing the prominence given to the baby wombat handling fool.</p><p>They just don't match up.</p><p>smh</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RoadKill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoadKill</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wombat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wombat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeathAndSuffering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeathAndSuffering</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a></p>
Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK<p>They're nicking the <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/wombats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wombats</span></a> ! <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/tourist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tourist</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/influencer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>influencer</span></a> and <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/hunter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hunter</span></a> causes a shitstorm in <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> after taking a baby <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/wombat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wombat</span></a> from its mother (she should surely be arrested under <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/animalwelfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animalwelfare</span></a> laws?) </p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3d8m4vk0e9o" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3d8m4</span><span class="invisible">vk0e9o</span></a></p>
Glyn Moody<p>Baby <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wombat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wombat</span></a>-snatching US influencer at risk of losing Australian visa - <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/13/sam-jones-us-influencer-baby-wombat-stolen-from-mother-ntwnfb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/2025/mar/13/sam-jones-us-influencer-baby-wombat-stolen-from-mother-ntwnfb</span></a> confirms that "influencer" == idiot</p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>We need to filter out the good Americans from the sociopathic trash like this. </p><p><a href="https://au.news.yahoo.com/call-for-us-tourist-to-leave-australia-after-distressing-act-with-baby-wombat-004603169.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">au.news.yahoo.com/call-for-us-</span><span class="invisible">tourist-to-leave-australia-after-distressing-act-with-baby-wombat-004603169.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wombat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wombat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SamJones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SamJones</span></a></p>
BrisWombat<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://beige.party/@Tattooed_Mummy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Tattooed_Mummy</span></a></span> thank you for the new hashtag to follow - I thought I’d followed all <a href="https://bne.social/tags/Wombat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wombat</span></a> hashtags already! <br>(And go the Hairy-Nose! Oft forgotten compared to the Common variety.)<br>Oh, and here’s some Wombat Tax. From Maria Island in Tasmania. Possibly the same island visited by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sudomakecake.ddns.net/@woollypigs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>woollypigs</span></a></span></p>
The Public Domain Review<p>155 years ago <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/onthisday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>onthisday</span></a>, Top the wombat died. He was the pet of the poet and artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti who, upon Top's passing, created this self-portrait in mourning. More on Rossetti and co’s curious but longstanding fixation with the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wombat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wombat</span></a> here: <a href="https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/o-uommibatto-how-the-pre-raphaelites-became-obsessed-with-the-wombat/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">publicdomainreview.org/essay/o</span><span class="invisible">-uommibatto-how-the-pre-raphaelites-became-obsessed-with-the-wombat/</span></a></p>
Zoë 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️<p>Good morning beautiful faces 🦘 </p><p>📍 Maria Island, Tasmania, Australia</p><p>:BlobCat_Camera: 200mm, 1/400s, f/2.8, iso 100</p><p><a href="https://queer.garden/tags/WorldWombatDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldWombatDay</span></a> <a href="https://queer.garden/tags/Wombat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wombat</span></a> <a href="https://queer.garden/tags/AustralianWildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AustralianWildlife</span></a></p>
Art History Animalia<p><a href="https://historians.social/tags/BookRecommendation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookRecommendation</span></a> for <a href="https://historians.social/tags/WorldWombatDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldWombatDay</span></a>:<br>Rossetti's <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Wombat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wombat</span></a>: Pre-Raphaelites and Australian Animals in Victorian London (2008)<br><a href="https://amzn.to/3QH12B3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">amzn.to/3QH12B3</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> via <a href="https://historians.social/tags/AmazonAssociates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmazonAssociates</span></a></p>
Tuckers Nuts Resist! 🇺🇦 <p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://eigenmagic.net/@stilgherrian" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>stilgherrian</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@winterknell" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>winterknell</span></a></span> <br>🥥 Thank YOU, Stilgherrian, for making International Wombat Day extra special this year!<br>In case any of you Aussies are looking for a good investment, Eye'm going to be starting a GoFundMe to raise capital for ankle protectors to ward off wombat attacks. (Will also be effective with little yippy dogs.) 🥥<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AnkleBear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnkleBear</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Wombat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wombat</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AustralianFauna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AustralianFauna</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/InternationalWombatDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalWombatDay</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TakeAWombatToLunchDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TakeAWombatToLunchDay</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TuckersBalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TuckersBalls</span></a></p>
chestas<p>A baby wombat is called a Joey, though it should be a wombub. </p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/InternationalWombatDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalWombatDay</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/WombatDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WombatDay</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/wombat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wombat</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animals</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>australia</span></a></p>
Greg Hills<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@jstatepost" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jstatepost</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://eigenmagic.net/@stilgherrian" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>stilgherrian</span></a></span> They lack the bloodthirsty nature of the drop bear, but here is a set of photos I took in Tasmania some years back. You judge.</p><p>1. Standing still so as not to provoke an attack.</p><p>2. A ranger approaches carrying electric prods to ward off wombat attacks.</p><p>3. The wombat attacks, but meets a prod.</p><p>4. The wombat resumes grazing, apparently unconcerned.</p><p>Some of this may be considered free interpretation, but would YOU take the risk?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fauna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fauna</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wombat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wombat</span></a></p>
David de Groot 📸<p>In honour of World Wombat Day, here is a repost of some wombats I have had the pleasure of meeting.</p><p><a href="https://photog.social/tags/WorldWombatDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldWombatDay</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Wombat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wombat</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Marsupial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Marsupial</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/AustralianWildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AustralianWildlife</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/WildOz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WildOz</span></a></p>
chestas<p>As it's Wombat Day, here's a picture I took at Cradle Mountain, Tasmania, back in January this year. I was fortunate to see a Wombat with her baby. </p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/tasmania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tasmania</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/lutruwita" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lutruwita</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/wombat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wombat</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/WombatDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WombatDay</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animals</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>australia</span></a></p>