When most people think of a wombat, they picture cute little furballs that live in Australia. Some people might know that they poop cubes. Others might have heard that the little diggers have an armor-plated bum (it’s actually a strong cartilage plate). Whatever weird fact you may know about wombats, most people don’t realize how giant they are. @lexiejojex pretty BIG baby #wombat #australia #melbourne #wombatfam #ballarat ♬ original sound – highschool simulator The average size of an adult wombat is 3.3 feet long. The plump marsupials range in weight from 55 to 88 pounds. No, that is not a super-tiny woman in the video. The wombat she is hugging is a juvenile, so it isn’t done growing yet. Wombats are the largest burrowing animals in the world. These cuddly critters are the second-largest marsupial. Their greatest defense attribute is their rump, so if they face a predator, they turn the other cheek. If attacked underground, they use the cartilage plate as a door to block their burrow. Image from TikTok here and here. Surprisingly, these plump, short little animals are fast. If faced with a predator in an open area, they can run up to 25 miles an hour. There is even a reason they have square poop. They leave dung to mark their territory. The shape ensures that it stays where they plop it and doesn’t roll away. They may look like cute little balls of fur on stumpy legs, but every attribute of a wombat serves a giant purpose in keeping it alive. The Giant Wombat Is Extinct Although the wombat of today may seem giant-sized, they are a pipsqueak when compared to the Diprotodon. The Diprotodon was called the giant wombat, although it was not a true wombat. The large creature roamed Australia 80,000 years ago. Back then, all the marsupials were giant. Image from Wikimedia Commons. The size of the extinct giant wombat is between that of a cow and a bison. The body style of the current wombats resembles that of their ancestors. The Diprotodon had a huge nose that resembled a manatee’s nose. Evolution has smiled on the wombat, and the current model has a much cuter face. Please share. You can find the source of this story’s featured image here. The post You Might Have Seen A Wombat Before, But You’d Never Guess Just How Big They Are! appeared first on InspireMore.

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Janis Joplin embodied passion, grit, and soul with every powerful note she sang, leaving an unforgettable mark on rock music. Her story began in Port Arthur, Texas, a conservative oil town whose rigid social structures and expectations clashed deeply with Janis’s free-spirited, rebellious nature. Struggling to fit into her hometown’s conventional norms, she found solace in blues and folk music, igniting a flame that drove her to pursue a different life on the vibrant music scene of California in the early 1960s. After initially trying her luck in San Francisco, Joplin briefly returned to Texas in 1965, discouraged and dealing The post Complete List of Janis Joplin Songs From A to Z appeared first on ClassicRockHistory.com.

At a zoo in Guatemala, an elephant intervened to save its fellow enclosure-mate in a startling interspecies display of kindness that delighted zoogoers. At the Aurora Zoo in Guatemala City, a gazelle fell into the watering hole inside its enclosure and couldn’t climb over the steep rocky edge. An elephant who shared the enclosure with […] The post Quick-Thinking Zoo Elephant Rescued a Drowning Gazelle with its Trunk appeared first on Good News Network.

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Scottsdale, Ariz. — Saturday morning, progressive activists across the nation protested against President Donald Trump and the U.S. Army's 250th anniversary parade in Washington, D.C.Blaze News was on the ground in Scottsdale, Arizona, where one of the roughly 2,000 No Kings demonstrations occurred.'Stop the coup.'Rally-goers were set to meet at the southwest corner of Scottsdale Road and Camelback Road, directly across the street from Scottsdale Fashion Square, a shopping center. In May 2020, this mall endured millions of dollars in damages during the Black Lives Matter riots, leading to dozens of arrests for looting and criminal damage. Those events left lingering fears among some locals that Saturday's protest could spark similar destruction.On Saturday morning, a few hundred protesters gathered in the area, spreading across all sides of the intersection and occasionally spilling into nearby blocks. Concrete barriers kept the crowd, which mostly included adults in their 50s and older, from blocking traffic.RELATED: Soros-tied No Kings protesters plot to sabotage US Army's 250th anniversary parade Image Source: Blaze NewsA strong law enforcement presence monitored the area, with local police patrolling the perimeter and periodically moving through the crowd, maintaining order without incident.Protesters attending the No Kings rallies, which were reportedly backed by 198 groups with $2.1 billion in annual revenue, were encouraged to show up at the events with American flags to "reclaim" national symbols.In Arizona, protesters lined the sidewalks with stars and stripes and signs criticizing Trump and Elon Musk. Several flags and signs featured "1776" and other patriotic imagery and rhetoric typically seen at conservative rallies.At one point, protesters played Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A.," while one demonstrator held a sign reading, "No one is illegal."Other signs declared, "Oppression is the mask of fear," "Hands off our NPR," and "Stop the coup."One protester's sign, reading "American made guillotines 'fit for a king,'" stood out as the most provocative.RELATED: 'Vulgar display of weakness': Patriots celebrate US Army parade as Democrats seethe Image Source: Blaze NewsMany passing vehicles honked their horns in support of the gathering.While there did not appear to be any significant presence of counter-protesters, several individuals with pro-Trump decals and flags drove by to show their support for the president. The protest, which remained peaceful, largely fizzled out by the early afternoon.Several other No Kings demonstrations occurred across the Phoenix metropolitan area. Local news estimated that "thousands" participated.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

The steady march towards upscaling and frame gen being used in games by default continues, as the early access version of Ark Survival Ascended has been shown to be forcing frame generation on for AMD Radeon GPU users, with no option to disable the feature in the game's menus. While Ark Survival Ascended is certainly a game that has plenty of potential to look amazing, this latest development means owners of AMD GPUs are being forced to endure sluggish gaming performance with high input lag, thanks to FSR frame generation, though thankfully there is a workaround to turn the feature off. It's still a sorry situation for owners of what right now are some of the best graphics cards you can buy, however. Continue reading Ark Survival Ascended forces AMD Radeon gaming GPUs to use FSR frame gen MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best graphics card, Best gaming PC, Best SSD for gaming

Perhaps one day, we’ll look back at Mindseye and remember it with a strange affection, a flawed, curious sandbox shooter that felt - albeit inadvertently - plucked from a bygone era. The hype, the bugs, the hubris of it all. Maybe, in time, we’ll forget about all the large and small annoyances. Like Aliens Colonial Marines, Assassin’s Creed Unity, and the launch week of Cyberpunk 2077, we will think only of how Mindseye, in its bizarre own way, briefly unified and humored the entire gaming world. But that is for the future. Right now, Mindseye reviews have afflicted it with an ignominious new title. Build A Rocket Boy’s debut is the worst-rated game of 2025 so far. Continue reading Mindseye review scores mean it's now the worst-rated game of the year so far MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best sandbox games, Best building games, Best upcoming PC games

Any time a console game makes its way to PC, there can be a bit of overconfidence that good performance is a given. This is only the case if you're using the best Last of Us settings for your gaming PC, laptop, or handheld. We've put Naughty God's iconic adventure to the test and have a comprehensive look at which settings you should be using. Continue reading Best Last of Us Part 1 settings on PC and Steam Deck MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best graphics card, Best gaming PC, Best SSD for gaming