Jan 14, 2011: Quokka

xoxoxoBruce · 01-14-2011, 12:16 AM

This is not a rat, it's a Quokka, a marsupial, like a stunted Kangaroo.
When a Dutchman discovered them, he thought they were rats so he named their island Rattenest, Dutch for rat nest.
They also live on Bald Island, both islands being west of Australia.

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They're not afraid of humans at all and will come right up to you on Rottnest Island. Although, there is a $300 fine
if you handle the animals in any way. So maybe skip the hugs and just go for a nice photo instead.

That's for just touching them, if your harass them, it's $2,000.

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SPUCK · 01-14-2011, 05:31 AM

And if you stew them?

monster · 01-14-2011, 07:05 AM

Man, they look cuddly. Now I need to go back to bed and snuggle under the covers.

What happens if they touch or harass you? Can you charge them? Or do you get fined anyway? And if so, do they play with that rule like an offside trap? "It's OK, Mr. Tourist, you can come a little closer to take my picture and still be OK.... got ya! touched your nose na na na na nah na! Officer, he's harassing me!"

ToastyOhs · 01-14-2011, 07:29 AM

I can't help but look at them and think, "It's a Trap!"

Like their whole face opens up and reveals row after row of serrated teeth.

Sheldonrs · 01-14-2011, 07:50 AM

Ewoks without the attitude.

newtimer · 01-14-2011, 07:50 AM

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Originally Posted by ToastyOhs

...their whole face opens up and reveals row after row of serrated teeth.

No. It opens up to reveal that they're really just little coffins made to look like something else.

monster · 01-14-2011, 08:09 AM

Quok in a Wok?

Trilby · 01-14-2011, 08:12 AM

how could he think they were rats?

they're smiling!

xoxoxoBruce · 01-14-2011, 08:39 AM

Because when they are not ready for Mr Demille, they look like this.

Undertoad · 01-14-2011, 09:21 AM

I'm alright
Don't nobody worry bout me
Why ya got to give me a fight
Why don't cha just let me be

plthijinx · 01-14-2011, 09:40 AM

so the Quokka were the stunt double for Chuck Rodent? niiiiice, makes perfect sense!

kerosene · 01-14-2011, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

I'm alright
Don't nobody worry bout me
Why ya got to give me a fight
Why don't cha just let me be

That was actually my first mental image, as well.

BigV · 01-14-2011, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by ToastyOhs

I can't help but look at them and think, "It's a Trap!"

Like their whole face opens up and reveals row after row of serrated teeth.

"Wot's 'e do? Nibble your bum?!"

casimendocina · 01-15-2011, 12:06 AM

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Originally Posted by monster

What happens if they touch or harass you? Can you charge them? Or do you get fined anyway? And if so, do they play with that rule like an offside trap?

About 10 years ago, I went to Rottnest and had hired one of the appalling tourist bikes they have (or at least had back then). I'd got off the bike and put the stand up and sat down closeby. Before I knew it, the bike was surrounded by quokkas, nibbling at the nuts and bolts that keep the wheels attached to the frame. They're so used to tourists, I would have thought that they would have known that bits of bicycle had nothing to offer them.

Gravdigr · 01-15-2011, 02:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

I'm alright
Don't nobody worry bout me
Why ya got to give me a fight
Why don't cha just let me be

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Originally Posted by kerosene

That was actually my first mental image, as well.

Hahahaha!!! That's where I went first also. Great minds, and all that shit.

01-14-2011, 07:05 AM	#3
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Man, they look cuddly. Now I need to go back to bed and snuggle under the covers. What happens if they touch or harass you? Can you charge them? Or do you get fined anyway? And if so, do they play with that rule like an offside trap? "It's OK, Mr. Tourist, you can come a little closer to take my picture and still be OK.... got ya! touched your nose na na na na nah na! Officer, he's harassing me!" __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-14-2011, 07:50 AM	#5
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	Ewoks without the attitude. __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

01-14-2011, 08:09 AM	#7
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Quok in a Wok? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-14-2011, 08:12 AM	#8
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	how could he think they were rats? they're smiling! __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

01-14-2011, 08:39 AM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Because when they are not ready for Mr Demille, they look like this. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-14-2011, 05:31 AM	#2
SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	And if you stew them?

01-14-2011, 07:29 AM	#4
ToastyOhs Discontinued Breakfast Food Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Coastal Maine, USA Posts: 58	I can't help but look at them and think, "It's a Trap!" Like their whole face opens up and reveals row after row of serrated teeth.

01-14-2011, 09:21 AM	#10
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I'm alright Don't nobody worry bout me Why ya got to give me a fight Why don't cha just let me be

01-14-2011, 09:40 AM	#11
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	so the Quokka were the stunt double for Chuck Rodent? niiiiice, makes perfect sense! __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

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