Otto, a Tasmanian wombat, waddles around the Albuquerque BioPark Zoo

Otto, a Tasmanian wombat, waddles around the Albuquerque BioPark Zoo's newest exhibit in Albuquerque, N.M. , on Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010. The zoo is now home to the only Tasmanian wombats in North America. Otto and two other adult wombats arrived at the zoo last week.




Androo Kelly of the Trowunna Wildlife Park in Australia holds Otto, a Tasmanian wombat, at the Albuquerque BioPark Zoo's newest exhibit in Albuquerque, N.M. , on Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010. The zoo is now home to the only Tasmanian wombats in North America. Otto and two other adult wombats arrived at the zoo last week.



Otto, a Tasmanian wombat, waddles around the zoo's newest exhibit in Albuquerque, N.M. , on Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010. The zoo is now home to the only Tasmanian wombats in North America. Otto and two other adult wombats arrived at the zoo last week.



Albuquerque BioPark employee Bricker Thietten pets Otto, a Tasmanian wombat, in the zoo's newest exhibit in Albuquerque, N.M. , on Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010. The zoo is now home to the only Tasmanian wombats in North America. Otto and two other adult wombats arrived at the zoo last week.



Otto, a Tasmanian wombat, plays with his stuffed teddy bear toy in the Albuquerque BioPark Zoo's newest exhibit in Albuquerque, N.M. , on Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010. The zoo is now home to the only Tasmanian wombats in North America. Otto and two other adult wombats arrived at the zoo last week.




Androo Kelly of the Trowunna Wildlife Park in Australia holds Otto, a Tasmanian wombat, before the animal is released into a new zoo exhibit in Albuquerque, N.M. , on Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010. The Albuquerque BioPark is now home to the only Tasmanian wombats in North America. Otto and two other adult wombats arrived at the zoo last week.

source: Daylife
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