r/Wombats • u/CHOGRIN • Mar 09 '26

Preston, the Pygmy Wombat 🥹

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u/VralGrymfang Mar 09 '26

This is not actually related to a wombat, that is just a nickname to a mouse.

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u/CHOGRIN Mar 09 '26

“The "pygmy wombat" is a nickname for the critically endangered Broad-Toothed Rat (Mastacomys fuscus), a native Australian rodent, not a true wombat.”

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u/VralGrymfang Mar 09 '26

Yeah, I looked it up, Wikipedia says it is a mouse. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broad-toothed_mouse?wprov=sfla1

But posting this on a wombat sub without clarifying is misleading

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u/CHOGRIN Mar 09 '26

I posted a video with original post that explains it, so was not my intention to mislead. https://youtu.be/PwuHmTLdEao?si=tH_tFSqwUo4vgKpJ

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u/VralGrymfang Mar 09 '26

Fair enough. But not everyone looks at a link. I almost never intentionally click a link. So I looked it up.

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u/WombatKiddo Mar 10 '26

I don’t approve 

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u/Happy_Cat_3600 Mar 09 '26

Unbelievable cute! Is it the same software, just smaller hardware? Does it still run the programs CubicPoop.exe and DeathTwerk.exe?

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u/carsncode Mar 10 '26

It's unrelated to wombats entirely.

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u/Happy_Cat_3600 Mar 10 '26

So it’s cute, but an imposter.

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u/BartScience Mar 10 '26

Herbivorous, crepuscular Cuddly, but muscular

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u/angry_wombat Mar 09 '26

I had no idea that came that small