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01-14-2011, 12:16 AM | #1 | |
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Jan 14, 2011: Quokka
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. Quote:
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01-14-2011, 05:31 AM | #2 |
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And if you stew them?
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01-14-2011, 07:05 AM | #3 |
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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!"
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01-14-2011, 07:29 AM | #4 |
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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, 07:50 AM | #5 |
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Ewoks without the attitude.
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01-14-2011, 07:50 AM | #6 |
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01-14-2011, 08:09 AM | #7 |
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Quok in a Wok?
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01-14-2011, 08:12 AM | #8 |
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how could he think they were rats?
they're smiling!
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01-14-2011, 08:39 AM | #9 |
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Because when they are not ready for Mr Demille, they look like this.
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01-14-2011, 09:21 AM | #10 |
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01-14-2011, 09:40 AM | #11 |
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so the Quokka were the stunt double for Chuck Rodent? niiiiice, makes perfect sense!
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01-14-2011, 10:46 AM | #12 |
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01-14-2011, 10:57 AM | #13 |
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"Wot's 'e do? Nibble your bum?!"
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01-15-2011, 12:06 AM | #14 |
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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.
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01-15-2011, 02:23 AM | #15 | |
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