Tasmanian Devils are native to Tasmania. We got to see them at the Honoring Wildlife Sanctuary, a shelter for rescued devils. As Vehd puts it dramatically, "I got to see the wildlife worker lure the devil out of its den with a chicken. It was hard to get it out. The devil came out after smelling the chicken. It snapped for the chicken, caught it in its teeth and then disappeared. It would not come out until it was done eating its meat. While the worker talked to us about the devil, the ferocious fellow snuck to her bucket of meat to get some of it!
I also got to see Koalas and pet them. Koalas as so fuzzy! I also got to pet a Wombat. Wombats are sleek and not fuzzy like Koalas. Wombats are shy creature. If ever chased by a dog, a Wombat will go into its den and then stick its butt into the burrow's entrance so the dog cannot get in. You imagine that is a bad idea, right? The Wombat would get so hurt on its butt because of all the scratching and chewing the dog does? Actually that is not what happens. Wombat's have a large plate of cartilage on its rear. The cartilage is about an inch thick.
When bored Wombats make themselves very flat in the tunnel of its burrow. If a dog comes in, it pushes the dog straight into the top of the burrow to crush its skull. That's ferocious!"
The boys also spent a long time hand feeding some very hungry kangaroos. It was amazing to watch how tame the kangaroos were.
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