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HarveyDarkey

(9,077 posts) Mon Oct 14, 2013, 09:51 PM Oct 2013

Here's a baby wombat scratching its armored butt [View all]

"... sorry, come again?"

yeah, Wombats happen to have fully reinforced derrieres that they use to keep predators out of their burrows. When something decides to come after a wombat, it quickly retreats underground but not before blocking the burrow's entrance with its butt. Their butts are made almost entirely out of cartilage so they're very hard to take a bite out of. This incredible rear is unique in the animal world (zoologists call it a dermal shield).

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Here's a baby wombat scratching its armored butt [View all] HarveyDarkey Oct 2013 OP

I'm pretty sure the cutey is telling a certain toothless orange man to bite his ass. onehandle Oct 2013 #1

Shhh! You're giving away MFM's secret. pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #2

You sure that's not Miley Cyrus? nt valerief Oct 2013 #3

Oh they look different when they are young and their fur is short. They kind of look like pam4water Oct 2013 #4

There's a great motorcycle rally that I always wanted to take part in... MiddleFingerMom Oct 2013 #5

MFM.... AnneD Oct 2013 #9

I could really use a wombat ass. Some days more than others. Baitball Blogger Oct 2013 #6

Kiss this..... PeoViejo Oct 2013 #7

they also poop cubes! BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2013 #8

The cartilage butt... AnneD Oct 2013 #10

Actually there are blade-like bones in there that shape it. AtheistCrusader Oct 2013 #12

I'm glad I read this thread... irisblue Oct 2013 #11