How Did Selfies Save the Cute Quokka? | Nat Geo Wild

Meet the quokka, a teddy bear-sized marsupial that is making a comeback in southwestern Australia.

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Known as one of the 'world's happiest animals,' the quokka population is considered to be vulnerable to extinction on Australia's mainland, but it thrives on Rottnest Island—all thanks to tourism.

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How Did Selfies Save the Cute Quokka? | Nat Geo Wild

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[intellectualblackking]

Looks like mix between a koala and a rat

[paulanonuevo]

They're cuuute im gonna die i want one 😭🥰😭🥰😭🥰😭

[YortOK]

Bulldust. I took a quokka selfie in 1991

[Louis.DeGuzman]

I love Quokkas! Very delicious delicacy!

[budgetcoinhunter]

So... positive interaction with humans helps a species... who knew?

I vote for beginning to domesticate, starting with some of the population the Rottnest Island can't support. Establish a breeding population in captivity as pets, and watch the numbers skyrocket.

[bs]

so they're just endangered rats? neat.

[djxtremexxxmg]

It ain't nothing but a new breed of nutria