Camper mauled by wombat

[WhiteD3]

Camper mauled by wombat - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) (http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/04/06/2865005.htm'section=justin)

[AnD3rew]

Is it just me or does anyone else think this is funny?


And is that inappropriate?

[GuyG]

What I want to know is how a wombat bit the old man on the arm?

Unless of course the old man stood on it and fell over, in which case the wombat was protecting itself against an attacker

[It'sNotWorthComplaining!]

Headline reads, Wombat mauls bush fire survivor.

What about "Bushfire Survivor wombat" mauls bush fire survivor.
The poor little blighters were also effected by what happened, and if it is suffering from pain of course it will retaliate. It's only a natural reaction.
We encroach on animals environments and when they have a go back on us, the media uses words like attacked by, mauled by.

some how wombat bites bush fire survivor is sensationalist enough.

"Bush fire survivor hacks native animal with Axe after native animal bites him"

[GuyG]

the article has been updated from when I read it earlier so it now contains different information

[Shonky]

Is it just me or does anyone else think this is funny?


And is that inappropriate?

No - I had a chuckle too... :D

Must be just us Andrews who are a bit tickled in the head... :p

[Lyle]

I was amused right up to the bit where they killed the poor wombat... With an axe!!! WTF... Wombats can be a belligerent and territorial thats who they are and why I like them. Even if it had mange surely there was a better option than an axe. I live really close to where these fires were and these poor animals copped it too. Surely a fellow survivor would have a smidge more compassion.
My two cents...

[LandyAndy]

Must admit I too found it funny.
Its not wombat mating season is it???
Poor old fella wasnt a big boy was he????,Wombats arent renound for their good vision.
Andrew

[lewy]

I had one knock my esky over just because I had it on a track he was using to get to the waterhole,Inconsiderate i thought:D

[spudboy]

It's not what you expect first thing in the morning as you are getting out of your caravan/tent :eek:

Didn't realise it had been killed! Can't imagine them being either fast moving or ferocious.....

[mns488]

Reminds me of the time I was camping with friends in the high country and one of the girlfriends was keen to see a wombat. Went out looking with torches and located a wombat at which it freaked out and ran at the girlfriend (the one keen to see one in the bush) and rammed her shines and then ran off into the bush.

She didn't want to go looking anymore after that...:angel:

[MickS]

Poor old womby should have done what wombats normally do...eat, root and leave...oh sorry - that's eat roots and leave...always get that mixed up :D

[lotsmaw]

I feel sorry for both the combatants/victims but I have to admit, I laughed. It seems somewhat Pythonesque.

(And my name isn't Andrew)

[123rover50]

Poor old womby should have done what wombats normally do...eat, root and leave...oh sorry - that's eat roots and leave...always get that mixed up :D
Thats what Kiwis do. Eats Roots Shoots and Leaves.

[Gumnut]

Well,

All my friends thaught it terrifically funny when I went base over apex in a wombat hole on Sunday night.
I nearly spilled my beer, and my knee, elbow and face all look a bit second hand.
I reckon if the incumbent had have poked his hairy little nose out, he wouldve had some explaining to do.....

[Sprint]

I'm disgusted that the wombat was killed, tbh the guy who stepped on it needs the same treatment, ffs, i can spot a damned bearded dragon basking on my front steps, how the hell do you miss a bloody wombat?????

god, give me an axe handle i'll happily bash both the old fart and the wombat murderer myself, see how they like it

disgraceful

[Shonky]

I must admit I only recently found out that poor Wally Wambot was axe murdered. :(

FFS - How can you not get away from a wombat? They aren't exactly fast moving... :mad:


Poor thing. :(

[Chenz]

Camped at Geehi down near Khancoban and had one run in the front door of my tent and out the back door - lucky they were open at the time, after knocking over the stove, a box of food and a bag of clothing. There were heaps of them there. The arae along the river looked like a bomb testing range with the number of burrows dug by them. Judging by the grunts and noises in the night I am sure thay were pretty territorial and did not mind defending their bit of turf from other wombat suitors.

Don't fool yourselves, they can get up a good head of steam when they want to get going.

Worked on a property which had a permit to cull some wombats as their numbers had exploded and let me tell you they take some stopping even with a centrefire rifle. Would have been a better option than an axe

[lokka]

Id have killed the stinky bastard too if it was having a chop at anyone wombats can be verry agro and they dont like ferrets ive had a few episodes with them whilst ferreting bunnies and they are no way a slow moving animal.

Ive seen the buggers do major dammage to cars and get up and run away they sure are tough buggers and would sure take some killing with an axe .