Patrick lives in Ballarat Wildlife Park and at 27 years old, he is 7 years older than the average age of wombats living in captivity. He currently lives with a family of three other wombats as he has no family of his own.
An arthropod is a creature that has an external skeleton, segmented body parts and jointed appendages. They include insects, arachnids and crustaceans and there are over a million species of arthropods in the world. Here are some amazing images that capture the creatures up close.
These photos are by photographer Lessy Sebastian.
These odd creatures can be found in the Mariana trench.
Yesterday we showed you some heart-warming then and now photos of abandoned dogs. Today we have a look at some lucky cats.
Photographer Steve Kazlowski did not see that coming.
Shane Willmott, 42, teaches mice to skateboard with a lot of skill and patience. His crew of “Radical Rodents” even do jumps and get “air”. According to Willmott, ‘They love it’. He goes on to explain that mice have a low centre of gravity making them perfect for skateboarding. “When they fall off, they want to get straight back on board.”
This tangled bundle of fur was brought to an animal shelter. Not even the vet could guess what it actually was! Can you tell what animal this is?
There is violence in many countries around the world but in South Africa, people are terrorized on the streets by rather unusual attackers.
When this man was throwing away his garbage in the big trash bin he saw that two raccoons had become trapped. He placed a stick in the bin and the raccoons quickly saw how they could use it.
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