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minus-squareMonkderViertelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·5 days ago Wombats are the tanks of the marsupial world. Not armadillo?
minus-squareSuperApples@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 days agoBeing that they’re from the Americas, I doubt Armadillos are marsupial. Probably closer relation to a sloth than a platypus.
minus-squarefakeaustinfloyd@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoWhile there are actually several new world marsupials, I’m fairly certain that they’re all opossums.
minus-squareSuperApples@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days ago opossums Oh, interesting! I never realised Opossums are actually marsupials. I don’t think I’ll start feeding wild ones apple slices and petting them like we do brushtail possums, though. I just came across this chunky Indonesian boy on wikipedia.
Not armadillo?
Being that they’re from the Americas, I doubt Armadillos are marsupial. Probably closer relation to a sloth than a platypus.
While there are actually several new world marsupials, I’m fairly certain that they’re all opossums.
Oh, interesting! I never realised Opossums are actually marsupials. I don’t think I’ll start feeding wild ones apple slices and petting them like we do brushtail possums, though.
I just came across this chunky Indonesian boy on wikipedia.