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We're at Healesville Sanctuary and up in the hospital,
specifically.
Healesville Sanctuary has what is called the Australian
Wildlife Health Center.
And it's designed not only to service our collection of
animals, but also wildlife.
So people bring in these orphans or an injured animal.
Now, that's perfectly normal [CHUCKLES]
behavior.
So people will bring in their sick,
injured, or orphaned wildlife.
And the vets and other hospital staff will look after
their medical needs.
At which point, they would either go into one of the
wards behind you.
Or they would go off to a carer.
This is Belle.
And she is around 10 months old--
it can be hard to judge.
She's over 6 kilograms.
Belle's mother was hit by a car.
And the people who saw her on the side of the road went over
and checked to see if the wombat had a pouch.
And Belle here was inside.
She likes to be rocked.
And I don't know if it makes any difference, but I like to
sing to her sometimes.
[HUMMING]
Come on.
This is my little wombat shuffle.
It gets their attention usually.
Good girl.
Nice work, Belle.
At this stage, she usually likes to have a little cuddle
and a bit of a snooze.
But because Phoenix is here, she'll probably want to get
down and play.
Yes, you like that, don't you?
Yeah.
You too, Phoenix.
What I love about wombats is they've got good, funny
characters--
extremely cheeky.
Phoenix is very confident.
I think of her as a bit of a tomboy.
She often acts inappropriately, biting things
she's not meant to do.
And Belle is a real lady.
So she's quite shy as well--
of people, generally.
Phoenix doesn't only like people, she seems positively
fascinated by people.
So I'm often chasing her around,
trying to get her back.
And Belle's much happier to stick close to me.
Aren't you, darling?
And then again, they've got a lot of similarities.
They like to dig and nip and headbutt me.
They're my beautiful monsters, aren't you?
Oh, not at the same time, girls.
Goodness, you're hurrying today.
[CHUCKLES]
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