For #WorldWombatDay on a #WombatWednesday :
Dumpy the #Wombat, from Louisa Anne Meredith's _Tasmanian friends and foes : feathered, furred, and finned; a family chronicle of country life, nature history, and veritable adventure_ (1881) p. 53.
Bonus #WorldWombatDay selfie taken in 2023 at Cradle Mountain, Tasmania.

Only another hour or so of World Wombat Day, so I'd better post a wombat.

#WorldWombatDay #wombat #marsupial

Everybody let's celebrate nature's main battle tank, the wombat, on #WorldWombatDay !!!

https://www.parks.vic.gov.au/news/2025/10/21/01/38/celebrating-world-wombat-day

Celebrating World Wombat Day

Whether they’re bare-nosed or hairy-nosed, the short-legged and tank-like wombat is an animal treasured by so many Aussies. Which is why we take today – Wednesday 22 October – to celebrate them!

Good morning beautiful faces 🦘

📍 Maria Island, Tasmania, Australia

 200mm, 1/400s, f/2.8, iso 100

#WorldWombatDay #Wombat #AustralianWildlife

#BookRecommendation for #WorldWombatDay:
Rossetti's #Wombat: Pre-Raphaelites and Australian Animals in Victorian London (2008)
https://amzn.to/3QH12B3 via #AmazonAssociates
Amazon.com

[Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti, founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, was a man devoted to his wombat. #WorldWombatDay]
[They also ask, "Why are Wombats?" Wombats would call that one just foolish. They feel that if there is going to be anything at all, there must be Wombats. They set great store by the fact that they are the only animals on earth who are Wombats. --How To Attract the Wombat #WorldWombatDay]