Gigantic wombat on steroids

[Poppydragon]

Scientists in Australia have found the skeleton of a "giant wombat" which lived some two million years ago.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14040349

[ROU Killing Time]

Another candidate for SADM '11?

[strawman]

Gigantic wombat on steroids? More like Whompbat, I'd say.

[ROU Killing Time]

Gigantic wombat on steroids? More like Whompbat, I'd say.

Sphynxter > Whompbat
But we have to have fodder for the beast.

[StalinSays]

The worst part of giant wombats on steroids is that they put an asterisk on the records and accomplishments of regular giant wombats.

[Mikes]

These would have been around at the same time as the 11 foot, carniverous kangaroos: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news ... garoo.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

A cache of bizarre animal fossils unearthed in Australia includes killer kangaroos, marsupial lions, and a giant relative of a huge bird nicknamed the "demon duck of doom," scientists say.

Pre-historical Australia was bad-ass.

[normsherman]

The worst part of giant wombats on steroids is that they put an asterisk on the records and accomplishments of regular giant wombats.

I see, I see what you did there.

[alhilton]

The best part of this article is the casual toss-off in the last paragraph.

It is home to an array of prehistoric treasures, including the remains of a tree-dwelling crocodile, a carnivorous rat kangaroo and a marsupial lion.

Dude! Tree-dwelling crocodiles? Carnivorous rat kangaroo? I have to go look those up... And then put them in a story.

[ROU Killing Time]

The best part of this article is the casual toss-off in the last paragraph.

It is home to an array of prehistoric treasures, including the remains of a tree-dwelling crocodile, a carnivorous rat kangaroo and a marsupial lion.

Dude! Tree-dwelling crocodiles? Carnivorous rat kangaroo? I have to go look those up... And then put them in a story.

Hey Abby. How you been?

[alhilton]

Hey Abby. How you been?

I'm fine, Rou. I'm back in Portland area for a few months - doing locums at Good Sam.

[ROU Killing Time]

Hey Abby. How you been?

I'm fine, Rou. I'm back in Portland area for a few months - doing locums at Good Sam.

I'll be back in Portland shortly, too. If they get this bird off the tarmac. Louisville was miserably hot and humid.

[normsherman]

So yah, Whompbat is pretty much a given now for MBDM V. Kudos strawman

[Mikes]

Aw, that walks over the Wollabat idea I had been thinking around