Elsa the koala and Hope the wombat joey spent two months in isolation together during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic shut down
Get push notifications with news, features and more.Elsa the koala and Hope the wombat joey "bonded during isolation and are now the best of friends," the park said in the caption accompanying a
of the two furry friends. The park added that the pair are "the cutest best friends we have ever seen." The animals are "great ambassadors for Australian wildlife," said Hayley Shute, the park's curator, Fox35Adorable Pig and Pit Bull Looking for New Home After Owner’s Death: 'They Just Are Sisters' "Australia has the worst mammal extinction rate on the planet," Shute said, according to the outlet. "Our iconic koala is sadly experiencing a large decline in numbers due, in part, to the tragic bush fires we had earlier this year and they’re on the trajectory to be extinct in the wild by 2050."
While wombats and koalas have some similarities — they are both nocturnal mammals, for instance — they do have several distinctions. One main distinction is that koalas eat eucalyptus leaves exclusively and spend most of their time in trees, but wombats eat different types of grasses, plants and roots. Wombats also are ground dwellers and seek shelter in burrows.
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