Post #14660

Wombat: Fights, scars, seizure of property. The dark side of a cute animal After all, how can you not love this cutest and almost tame underground bear with an armored butt? And yet there is a sore subject with wombats, in which the cute marsupial turns into an angry watchdog. And this is interaction with other wombats. It cannot be said that wombats are completely antisocial animals, but their reserve of sociability is extremely small. The wombat is ready to tolerate other wombats on its territory and even feed with them in the same field, but this only applies to two or three proven neighbors who have already shown that they will not try to squeeze the territory from the owner. There will be no mercy for the rest. As soon as a wombat notices an unfamiliar individual on its land, its tower immediately breaks down. He begins to hiss, growl and just doesn't start foaming at the mouth. Moreover, at this stage of aggression, the marsupial does not stay long: if the alien does not leave immediately, the wombat will rush to attack. Now the candidate for neighbor will have to find out the hard way how dangerous a marsupial weighing 45 kilos and with sharp, rodent-like teeth can be. At first glance, such aggressiveness seems excessive, but in fact there are good reasons for it. After all, successful wombats don’t wander around other people’s areas—they would like to protect their own. This means that someone passing by is either a young wombat looking for a home, or an adult loser who was kicked out of his hole. In other words: a beast with nothing to lose. And if the owner hesitates even a little, this most restless wombat will occupy his hole and proclaim himself the owner of the land - and now try to drive him out! Any attempt to pull a wombat out of the ground ends with it sticking its butt out into the tunnel, under the skin of which cartilaginous plates are hidden. Not only is it impossible for another wombat to bite through it, let alone for a predator! The real owner finds himself in an extremely precarious position. He, unlike the impudent intruder, has access to food, but cannot hide from dingoes - the main enemies of wombats. Therefore, if the owner fails to drive out the invader in a few hours, he will get out of harm’s way and go look for a new home. For example, a cozy mink whose owner was away for a while. Author: Yaroslav Ilyin 🏀 Hit the hoop and get an NFT gift — https://t.me/BasketbolX_bot