The American "influencer" who snatched a baby wombat in Australia has apologized.

@AssociatedPress has an explainer about these furry, nocturnal marsupials: https://flip.it/3ddhr5

A "Hunting Influencer" was concerned for the animal.

Bollocks

I saw the video, the look on her face wasn't of concern but of "look at this weird, cute thing, and look at me, look at me, look at me"

These narcissistic abusers can stay in Gilead, thanks.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/15/baby-wombat-snatching-us-influencer-apologises-and-says-she-was-concerned-for-australian-animal-ntwnfb

美國網紅 Sam Jones 因為她在澳洲強搶一隻袋熊 #wombat BB，引起澳洲人公憤，她周五已經離開澳洲，據報不是被驅逐出境

https://europechinese.blogspot.com/2025/03/bbkol.html

Baby #wombat grabber Sam Jones leaves #Australia after intense backlash including from PM and immigration minister - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/14/sam-jones-baby-wombat-australia-backlash-leaving-australia great headline

They're nicking the #wombats ! #USA #tourist #influencer and #hunter causes a shitstorm in #Australia after taking a baby #wombat from its mother (she should surely be arrested under #animalwelfare laws?)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3d8m4vk0e9o

Baby #wombat-snatching US influencer at risk of losing Australian visa - https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/13/sam-jones-us-influencer-baby-wombat-stolen-from-mother-ntwnfb confirms that "influencer" == idiot

一名美國網紅近日在 IG 上載短片，顯示她在澳洲強搶一隻袋熊 BB ，一隻相信是袋熊BB的媽媽從後追上，網紅及拍攝短片男子很開心地笑

這段短片惹來澳洲人憤怒，澳洲移民部門正檢視她有沒有違反入境簽證規定

#wombat

https://europechinese.blogspot.com/2025/03/bb.html

We need to filter out the good Americans from the sociopathic trash like this.

https://au.news.yahoo.com/call-for-us-tourist-to-leave-australia-after-distressing-act-with-baby-wombat-004603169.html

155 years ago #onthisday, Top the wombat died. He was the pet of the poet and artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti who, upon Top's passing, created this self-portrait in mourning. More on Rossetti and co’s curious but longstanding fixation with the #wombat here: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/o-uommibatto-how-the-pre-raphaelites-became-obsessed-with-the-wombat/

Let's expand yesterday's #wombat day! This cutie is Apari in his home at #Duisburg zoo

A baby wombat is called a Joey, though it should be a wombub.

In honour of World Wombat Day, here is a repost of some wombats I have had the pleasure of meeting.

As it's Wombat Day, here's a picture I took at Cradle Mountain, Tasmania, back in January this year. I was fortunate to see a Wombat with her baby.

"Wow that piece of wood looks like a wombat."

And it was.

Jupyter-37A 3.5/135mm + 1.4x teleconverter

Final set of wombat photos!
There were two wombats sometimes chasing each other as they would chew on blades of grass. We spent maybe 30 or 40 minutes standing there, watching them.

A lot of people don’t realise Australia has snowy mountains, and hence are also unaware that #wombats can happily live in the snow. Came across this big healthy friend today on a gorgeous cross-country ski between Charlotte Pass and Perisher
#wombat #wildlife #snow #ecology