Quokka Appreciation Thread.

gunk · **Posted:** Fri Jan 13, 2012 5:56 am

❀madam dahlia❀ wrote:

if you like cute names and quokka-looks, you should also check out the pademelon ;)

and at my last house, we had both the super-cute pademelons and the super-poisonous funnelweb spiders. and a 3 metre long resident python. and jumping ants :( so yeah. we get all the cuteness, but it's offset by all of the stingy, bitey things.

Yeah, in Fremantle we had Rottnest Island and its quokka infestation just a short boat ride away, but we also had plenty of redback spiders, snakes, and the annual shark attack or three.
Oh, and drop bears, of course. But they're found basically everywhere in Australia.

joshua · **Posted:** Fri Jan 13, 2012 5:59 am

gunk wrote:

Oh, and drop bears, of course. But they're found basically everywhere in Australia.

Sydney airport had a pretty huge infestation recently. it got pretty ugly :(

gunk · **Posted:** Fri Jan 13, 2012 6:12 am

joshua wrote:

Sydney airport had a pretty huge infestation recently. it got pretty ugly :(

I shudder to think.
They say that smearing vegemite behind the ears as a repellent doesn't work, but I still think it's worth a try.
http://australianmuseum.net.au/Drop-Bear

gazebo · **Posted:** Fri Jan 13, 2012 6:14 am

I was just talking about these little dudes last night! I remember going to Rottnest Island when I was younger and coming back to the house to find little quokkas all through the kitchen! Sneaky little cuties

ndpittman · **Posted:** Fri Jan 13, 2012 10:40 am

Wikipedia says drop bears aren't real? I'm confused. I'm also confused about the difference between quokka and pademelon.

GreenDuck · **Joined:** Thu Oct 21, 2010 6:08 pm **Posts:** 813

ndpittman wrote:

Wikipedia says drop bears aren't real? I'm confused. I'm also confused about the difference between quokka and pademelon.

After viewing gunk's link I was going to ask if they were a real thing. The distribution map shows them present in an area shaped like a teddybear face.

joshua · **Posted:** Fri Jan 13, 2012 11:52 am

GreenDuck wrote:

ndpittman wrote:

Wikipedia says drop bears aren't real? I'm confused. I'm also confused about the difference between quokka and pademelon.

After viewing gunk's link I was going to ask if they were a real thing. The distribution map shows them present in an area shaped like a teddybear face.

eh they can't get on top of Uluru - it's not called a natural wonder for nothing. I guess the other 'eye' is just coincidence?

paprikapapaya · **Posted:** Fri Jan 13, 2012 11:57 am

Australia, you're making me laugh today. Teddybear map!

joshua · **Posted:** Fri Jan 13, 2012 12:22 pm

paprikapapaya wrote:

Australia, you're making me laugh today. Teddybear map!

don't let the humour fool you. we're mostly all a bunch of croissants

(based on knowing myself, anyway. I can't really speak for the others. mostly because they all seem like pretty nice people)

starrynight87 · **Posted:** Fri Jan 13, 2012 2:52 pm

GreenDuck wrote:

ndpittman wrote:

Wikipedia says drop bears aren't real? I'm confused. I'm also confused about the difference between quokka and pademelon.

After viewing gunk's link I was going to ask if they were a real thing. The distribution map shows them present in an area shaped like a teddybear face.

There are no pictures!

gunk · **Posted:** Fri Jan 13, 2012 5:14 pm

starrynight87 wrote:

There are no pictures!

Well, you read about how vicious they are, right? They're set off by camera flashes, and they destroy the cameras of anyone who tries to capture their image. Australians know better now, but tourists.....

Drop bears may or may not be an imaginary thing

Fascist · **Posted:** Fri Jan 13, 2012 7:29 pm

I thought it was adorable until I saw the tail. Too rat-like. Too “I will be in your cabinets tonight, ruining bags of pasta or expensive nuts.”

The weird thing is that I think possums are just fine and dandy, even though they look like giant rats except with white tails and gnarly teeth.

JillW · **Posted:** Fri Jan 13, 2012 9:45 pm

Fascist wrote:

I thought it was adorable until I saw the tail. Too rat-like. Too “I will be in your cabinets tonight, ruining bags of pasta or expensive nuts.”

The weird thing is that I think possums are just fine and dandy, even though they look like giant rats except with white tails and gnarly teeth.

I can assure you they are waaay cuter face to face than a possum. Although they both have pouches.

choirqueer · **Posted:** Sat Jan 14, 2012 10:36 am

I keep thinking this says Quaker Appreciation Thread. My worlds are colliding.

starrynight87 · **Posted:** Sat Jan 14, 2012 11:02 am

We can appreciate Quakers too!

Besides, I'm mad at the Australians for playing tricks on us.

gunk · **Posted:** Sat Jan 14, 2012 7:54 pm

Drop bears aren't a trick. They're an important part of Australian culture!

Also, I appreciate Quakers. My grandfather is one, and he's pretty rad.

lepelaar · **Posted:** Sun Jan 15, 2012 4:07 am

I can appreciate the heck out of some Quokkas but you know what I appreciate even more? Bilbies!

And speaking of dropbears, remind me to tell you (when I'm not about to run out the door to work) about how our tour guides in King's Canyon managed to arrange a sighting of the extremely rare and endangered pygmy koala.

GreenDuck · **Joined:** Thu Oct 21, 2010 6:08 pm **Posts:** 813

Pygmy koala? Is that just a far-away koala, so it appears small?

joshua · **Posted:** Wed Sep 05, 2012 1:53 am

booberthefraggle · **Posted:** Wed Sep 05, 2012 1:53 am

I APPRECIATE THAT QUOKKA

quagga · **Joined:** Wed Oct 20, 2010 3:02 pm **Posts:** 648

Quaggas appreciate quokkas. To the max.

lutin · **Posted:** Wed Sep 05, 2012 3:07 am

thoroughly appreciated.

solipsistnation · **Posted:** Wed Sep 05, 2012 2:01 pm

joshua wrote:

Yo dawg, I hear you like quokkas...

acr · **Posted:** Wed Sep 05, 2012 2:31 pm

this animal is ridiculous! it's like a cross between a wallaby and a pikachu. my heart is melting all over my ribs like a truffle in the sun.

starrynight87 · **Posted:** Wed Sep 05, 2012 9:30 pm

That is the cutest thing I have ever seen.

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