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Well, wombats can! From the burrow, they create impressive tunnels underground that lead to sleeping chambers. They dig with great zest and energy, moving up to 3 feet 1 meter of dirt in a single night. The burrow usually has one entrance but then branches out into several tunnels that can reach up to feet meters in length.

The common wombat remains fairly solitary in its burrow home, but the southern hairy-nosed wombat often shares its home with up to a dozen other wombats. A mighty rear end: The common wombat is the most numerous and widespread, living in forests along the eastern coasts of Australia and in the island state of Tasmania part of Australia. The two hairy-nosed species live in the dry grasslands of northern and southern Australia.

Unfortunately, two formidable predators inhabit the same areas: the dingo and the Tasmanian devil. Wombats walk with a waddle. They may look pudgy and slow, but they have powerful legs and can run up to 25 miles per hour 40 kilometers per hour when needed! If threatened, a wombat dives headfirst into a tunnel, blocking the entrance with its sturdy backside.

Wombats have a tough rear end with extra-thick skin and a teeny-tiny tail, so a bite to the backside is not much of a threat. They have been known to crush intruding animals against the hard walls and low ceilings of their burrows.

Like kangaroos, wombats spend most of their time grazing. They use their rodent-like teeth and very strong jaws to grip and tear food such as grasses, roots, shoots, tubers, and even tree bark. A special stomach gland helps wombats easily digest the tough food. Wombats don't need much water, getting most of their needed moisture from the plants they eat. Wombat females give birth to a single young, called a joey, every two years.

This keeps dirt from filling up the pouch when the mother wombat is busy digging! The group met while they were in university and released several EPs before their album Girls, Boys and Marsupials , which was only released in Japan. After releasing another EP in touring for three years, the band released their second album This Modern Glitch in Two years later, in , the single 'Your Body Is a Weapon' was released ahead of their third album Glitterbug , which was not released until mid The three band members met in at the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts; soon becoming friends, they formed as 'The Wombats'.

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They can graze for up to 8 hours a night and travel quite far from their burrows in search of food. Wombats are burrowers and will dig out burrows measuring 30 metres feet long. Burrows will have one entrance but may branch out into different chambers. The wombat makes its nest in one of these chambers and it will be lined with grass, bark and leaves. Wombats are usually nocturnal but will sometimes bask in the sun in specially prepared spots close to the entrance of its burrow.

Wombats live in large home ranges and although they tend to be solitary, neighbouring territories can overlap considerably. Although wombats are sometimes aggressive towards each other in captivity, some observations suggest that they often make visits to each others burrows in the wild. When a wombat is startled or threatened, they can flee at around 25 miles per hour and maintain this speed for up to 90 seconds.

Main predators of wombats are Tasmanian Devils and Dingoes. Wombats reach sexual maturity at 2 years of age. Births occur in late Autumn when 1 — 2 young are born after a gestation period of 20 — 28 days. Like all marsupials, wombat babies joeys are born under-developed and immediately enter its mothers pouch where it will stay attached to a teat, suckling milk, until it is fully developed.