The things you didn't know about Road Kill
A suger glider
Ouch!
Tasmania has shed a new light on road kill. Full of marsupials who are nocturnal by nature, each morning you might see as many as 10 dead animals on the side of the road within a 10 mile drive.
We went to veiw a home for sale. We didn't like the house but the lady living there showed us her orphaned sugar glider. A suger glider is very similar to the flying squirrel. She had rescued it from a dead mother's pouch. Appearently it is very common to find marsupial offspring still alive in the pouch of a animal after being hit by a car. The realitor who was showing us the house continued to tell her story of how she rescued three little marsupials last spring just by stopping and checking road kill. Well...the kids heard this and that was all she wrote. They were determined to look for baby marsupials hidden in the pouches of the road kill.
Here we are checking out a huge wambat. There was no baby in the pouch. Actually there was no tummy left at all. It was all pretty horrible. It was our first and last road kill examination.
posted by WendyAs at 11:00 PM
3 Comments:
Good morning Wendy. Did you ever think that you'd be checking out road kill. That's hilarious. As they say, when in Rome. I'm glad you have your dog back, the kids must be happy.
Had Sandy quading as you can see. Little Mr. "A" rode one of the boys motorbikes. We are proud of him, as he's never wanted to do it before. It was a lot of fun, but it is getting damp and cold here at night already. I just dream about Taz.. with summer coming on, that has got to be my favorite time of the year. It's like you are reborn. Take care
That is gross! I can't believe you guys! Yuk.
No Mrs Wilson, I never would have though I'd be checking the pouch of a 30lb, squished wammbat in Tasmania. Not in my wildest dreams. Life can certainly lead you to some interesting places.
Summers get to 40 degrees. Hot!!!
Dave and Deb-Casey said " Mom he looks like he is really hurt". We then had a big discussion about crossing the street safely. I think it might have been one of those life lessions for them.
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