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charisstomaOkay National Geographic Magazine has a lot to answer for. It introduced me to a picture of a quokka and said that's what it was.
This is a Quokka. A vegetarian that is house cat sized and lives in small herds. The link is a friendly discussion by the quokka about itself. It mentions a cousin? the Quoll who is not so nice.
When I wasn't going awwwwww, one favorite line, "I am delicious and not terribly good at fending off predators." Squeee.
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/animal_forecast/2013/02/quokka_profile_australia_s_adorable_vulnerable_marsupials.html
This is a Quoll. A carnivore, also house cat sized, and lives fairly solitary except for limited social activitiess ie mating which are not just slam bam thank you ma'ams.
The quoll hunts by stalking. Depending on the size of its prey, the quoll may leap or pounce on it. It pins small prey down with its front paws while devouring it, and jumps onto larger prey, sinking in its claws and closing its jaws around the neck.
They hiss like a cat, lay their ears back like a cat and narrow their eyes. During mating the male bites the back of the females neck and holds on like a cat BUT he strokes her belly and sides with his front paws... awwwwwww.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quoll
http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/VHAYSSEN/msi/pdf/676_Dasyurus_maculatus.pdf
This is a Quokka. A vegetarian that is house cat sized and lives in small herds. The link is a friendly discussion by the quokka about itself. It mentions a cousin? the Quoll who is not so nice.
When I wasn't going awwwwww, one favorite line, "I am delicious and not terribly good at fending off predators." Squeee.
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/animal_forecast/2013/02/quokka_profile_australia_s_adorable_vulnerable_marsupials.html
This is a Quoll. A carnivore, also house cat sized, and lives fairly solitary except for limited social activitiess ie mating which are not just slam bam thank you ma'ams.
The quoll hunts by stalking. Depending on the size of its prey, the quoll may leap or pounce on it. It pins small prey down with its front paws while devouring it, and jumps onto larger prey, sinking in its claws and closing its jaws around the neck.
They hiss like a cat, lay their ears back like a cat and narrow their eyes. During mating the male bites the back of the females neck and holds on like a cat BUT he strokes her belly and sides with his front paws... awwwwwww.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quoll
http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/VHAYSSEN/msi/pdf/676_Dasyurus_maculatus.pdf
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Date: 2013-05-03 07:46 am (UTC)Sadly, I have never seen either outside of pictures, and possibly zoos. :(
You might be interested to know (if you don't already) that quolls used to be called 'native cats'. :)
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Date: 2013-05-03 01:36 pm (UTC)Know that there's conservation efforts in place or in contemplation. They are so cute.
Course if I had free range chickens and there were Quoll in my neighborhood I might not think that. *grins*
Or for that matter if my garden was attacked by a family of quokka either.
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Date: 2013-05-04 07:29 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-05-07 12:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-05-07 12:08 am (UTC)hmmm want to be cursed with the notariety of having smuggled in a pest and let it loose on the plains of Argentina? *grins* Your name would be known for years as the person who ... Kind of like the person who brought in rabbits to Australia or the one who let his pet anaconda loose in the south-eastern U.S. states.
Lots of little Quokkas bouncing around. I wants one too. *sighs* Maybe if they were only males...