All about Wombats

This week we have been writing explanations and I chose to write mine on a wombat because I find them interesting. We have had to peer assess our writing and this is my final product. I hope you have learnt something about wombats.

Wombat

What is a wombat? A wombat is a  short legendary marsupial that is found throughout Southern Australia and America,and is now found in different places like Victoria, South-eastern, South Australia and Tasmania.Wombats prefer to live in forests, Tasmania mountains and  grasslands and there are 3 extinct species of wombats.

Their lifestyle? Common wombats are solitary animals. However, their home ranges often overlap. There have been known multiple individuals using the same burrow, but at different times. These animals are usually nocturnal and crepuscular (meaning resembling or relating to twilight).

Did you know: That Wombats walk with a waddle. Although they look pudgy and slow, wombats can run up to 25 miles per hour and maintain that speed for a minute and a half and they are champions at digging and they have a backwards facing  pouch and they have square shaped poop that is interesting. 

Wombats are a really fascinating animal and they are really fun to research about and  I did not know that they could run really fast or that they could poop squared shape poop.