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08-23-2016, 05:27 AM
Wombats are cute and cuddly, but this one just left a woman in hospital
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Wombats aren't all cuteness and cuddles, you k**w. A woman has been attacked by a wombat while going for their daily walk.
Kerry Evans of Canberra, Australia was walking her two springer spaniels when the wombat, who'd been eating in a nearby garden, charged the trio.*
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This caused the dogs to panic, k**cking Evans right off her feet. She told the Canberra Times (http://www.9news.com.au/national/2016/08/20/11/00/canberra-woman-thought-she-would-die-in-wombat-attack) that once she was on her back, she was within reach of the wombat's claws and couldn't get away. "I was laying screaming for help. I couldn't get away from it. Every time I managed to get up it attacked me and bit me and k**cked me to the ground," she said. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/22/when-wombats-attack-australia/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Wombats aren't all cuteness and cuddles, you k**w. A woman has been attacked by a wombat while going for their daily walk.
Kerry Evans of Canberra, Australia was walking her two springer spaniels when the wombat, who'd been eating in a nearby garden, charged the trio.*
SEE ALSO: Baby wombat's slow motion trot is the epitome of grace (http://mashable.com/2016/08/08/slow-motion-baby-wombat-running/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
This caused the dogs to panic, k**cking Evans right off her feet. She told the Canberra Times (http://www.9news.com.au/national/2016/08/20/11/00/canberra-woman-thought-she-would-die-in-wombat-attack) that once she was on her back, she was within reach of the wombat's claws and couldn't get away. "I was laying screaming for help. I couldn't get away from it. Every time I managed to get up it attacked me and bit me and k**cked me to the ground," she said. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/22/when-wombats-attack-australia/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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