There Is A Horrible Rumor Circulating About My One Of My Favorite Animals And We Need To Share The TRUTH.

Little known fact about me:  I love quokkas.

If you’re not familiar with quokkas, you should know that they are the happiest animals on the planet.  And even if that’s an exaggeration, which it might be, they are definitely the happiest LOOKING animals on the planet, which is why I love them.

If I were an animal, it’s basically a certainty that I’d be a quokka.  They are my spirit animal.

A quick google image search yields these darling results:

I mean, can you even?  THEY ARE SO HAPPY.

So you can imagine my outrage when I was scrolling through IG this morning and discovered, via one of the 17+ quokka accounts I follow, that Sad Animal Facts started a rumor about quokkas a couple years ago that quokkas THROW THEIR BABIES AT PREDATORS.

Allan Daxon, who is like the ultimate quokka whisperer, narrated a rebuttal to this horrible rumor, and you need to see his text exchange with the Sad Animal Facts chick.

 

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This all new heart melting series starts with the quokka baby throw? Tossing babies at predators? We get down and find out the real facts about this online rumor. For more quokka animal smiles follow ► @quokkahub This is Episode 1 of our new Quokka Facts IGTV Series. Hosted by @daxon, informing us of all his quokka knowledge. Follow this series to be updated as we release new episodes. Talking about the meme “Think you’re a bad mother? Quokkas throw their babies at predators to defend themselves” YT horizontal video here ►: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skcAvyMBOwE&t=248s The Quokka Study – Expelling Baby Quokkas Document – (page 720) https://ibs.bialowieza.pl/g2/pdf/1617.pdf This quokka baby throwing rumor all started by ‘Sad Animals Facts’, follow their drawings here @sadanimalfacts Music and Sound Effects supplied by Epidemic Sound Sign up right here ►: http://share.epidemicsound.com/stQDd Quokka Merch – Official Quokka Shop: http://www.quokkas.co ———————————————————– Quokka T-shirts ►: https://quokkas.co/products/quokka-smile-t-shirt-classic-unisex Quokka Pillows ►: https://quokkas.co/products/quokka-smile-throw-pillow-case-square Quokka iPhone Cases ►: https://quokkas.co/products/quokka-iphone-case-interactive-liquid-glitter Quokka Samsung Cases ►: https://quokkas.co/products/quokka-samsung-phone-case Quokka Poster Prints ►: https://quokkas.co/products/quokka-smile-poster-print-1 Video by @quokkahub 🐻😍😘 – #quokkahub #quokka #cuttness #animalsfocus #instaanimal #adorable #animalsco #wildlifeplanet #animals #quokkaselfie #insta_animal #australia #instababby #thatsbabyanimals #babyanimalshq #singapore #animals #quokkas #perth #sydney #westernaustralia #rottnest #rottnestisland #wildlife #japan #instaquokka #quokkastgram #quokkalovers #quokkalover #quokkasofinstagram

A post shared by Chloe the Quokka (@quokkahub) on Oct 28, 2019 at 2:55am PDT

Anyway, it was important for me to share this information with you all, lest you somehow become snowed by this incredibly deceptive FAKE NEWS about quokkas and their baby throwing.

You’re welcome.