Wombat by laine

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26-AUG-2016

Wombat

This poor little guy was one of several victims we saw over a 200km stretch of road. In all our years of travel we have never seen this before and wonder why. Kangaroos are regularly killed as they jump from one green roadside to another...but these scenes were sad. We saw at least 20 of them and they are not small, but are very slow to move.

Canon EOS 7D
1/500s f/4.0 at 82.0mm iso100 hide exif

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Date/Time	26-Aug-2016 10:04:50
Make	Canon
Model	Canon EOS 7D
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Focal Length	82 mm
Exposure Time	1/500 sec
Aperture	f/4
ISO Equivalent	100
Exposure Bias	1.00
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Nestor Derkach		27-Aug-2016 14:27
Sad scene, and very common sight in the USA. And there is not much that can be done, we take away there habitat a little bit at a time. You made a great point with your image. Vote

Yvonne		27-Aug-2016 10:51
A sad sight to see ... at least you were caring enough to stop and take a photo Laine. x

joseantonio		27-Aug-2016 06:13
so cute and lovely.V.

Bryan Murahashi		27-Aug-2016 05:09
So sad to see this. Saw a bit of this in Tasmania, last year.

Bill Miller		27-Aug-2016 04:48
Sad to see roadkill, especially for these little creatures.

LynnH		27-Aug-2016 02:02
Oh too bad. I wonder if there was something going on in their environment that caused them to move?

Frank Brault		27-Aug-2016 00:54
So sad. A fine documentary image. V

Phillip Normanton		26-Aug-2016 22:13
Poor little chap :( but here in the UK countryside it seems to be almost taken as 'sport'. They probably justify it to themselves as pest control, but really it's just plain and simple cruelty.

larose forest photos		26-Aug-2016 21:12
Oh no, this is really sad. I wonder why so many were road kills on that particular stretch? Very, very sad, as this is a high mortality rate I would think.

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