Do quokkas bite?

Quokkas have no interest in biting anything except the vegetation on which they feed.

No, quokkas are not dangerous.

A large group of quokkas is called a colony. Quokkas live in colonies in southwest Western Australia.

No. Quokkas do not migrate. Quokkas are marsupials and small members of the kangaroo family which live in Australia. there are no marsupials in Australia that migrate.

Dingoes would eat quokkas if they could get to them, but quokkas are currently kept only in protected areas, where dingoes cannot reach them. Quolls are carnivorous marsupials that might prey on quokkas; this is fairly unlikely as quokkas are actually larger than quolls. However, foxes and feral cats, being efficient killers, pose a definite danger to quokkas except in protected areas.

Quokkas have lungs and breathe the same way as other mammals.

No. Quokkas are endemic to southwest Western Australia.

no, quokkas don't eat other animals.

Yes. Quokkas, like most (not all) marsupials, do have a pouch in which the joey is raised.

Quokkas are grazing animals. They feed on grasses, sedges, succulents, and foliage of shrubs.

During the day, quokkas sleep in thick vegetation, such as scrubby thickets and areas of dense grass. On parts of the mainland, where quokkas have a very minimal population, they nest in thick cover around swampy areas.

Quokkas reproduce sexually. Quokkas are marsupials so, like other marsupials, they give birth to undeveloped young. The young joey then makes its way to the pouch where it latches onto a teat, staying there for months.

During the day, quokkas hide in thick vegetation, such as scrubby thickets and areas of dense grass. On parts of the mainland, where quokkas have a very minimal population, they nest in thick cover around swampy areas.

Certainly. Quokkas are wild animals, and all wild animals take care of themselves.

Quokkas are vulnerable to introduced predators. The best way to save them is to ensure foxes and real cats are not brought in to their colonies. When tourists visit their colonies, they can avoid feeding quokkas by hand: tourists have been tempted to feed quokkas bread, but because quokkas do not drink water, eating bread can be fatal to them. They rely on succulents, not dry bread.

Quokkas are not acually wallabies, and as a result, do not have any climbing skills like rock wallabies do. Quokkas do hop, but there are no natural predators on Rottnest Island which they need to escape.

When you tour Rottnest Island, the main habitat of the quokkas, there are opportunities to get close to the quokkas, but they do not usually allow people to touch them.

Sources seem to vary on this. Some sources suggest that quokkas can live for up to 5 years in captivity. Their lifespan in the wild tends to be shorter. However, according to the related weblink below, quokkas can live for up to ten years in the wild.

Most of Australia's quokkas live on Rottnest Island, off the coast of Western Australia, near Perth.

The habitat in which the quokka lives is not excessively hot. Quokkas are small members of the kangaroo family, and are found only in the far southwest of Western Australia, which has a temperate climate. Whilst the population on Rottnest Island lives in a variety of semi-arid habitats and even gardens, the island has a very mild climate. On the mainland, they only live where there is dense, wet ground cover in the bushland, or…

No. Quokkas are definitely not found in Latin America. Quokkas are endemic to Australia: specifically, they are found only in the far southwest of the continent.

No, they are a type of small kangaroo

Quokkas do not like to swim. Water is also not readily available in their habitat, so they drink very little. They rely on succulents for their moisture needs.

No. Quokkas cannot kill you.

It belongs in the phylum 'Chordata'

No. Silkworms produce silk. Quokkas are marsupials, and small members of the kangaroo family. No marsupials produce silk, or any secretions that can be used to make silk.

No. Quokkas are only found in te far southwest of Western Australia. Crocodiles occupy the northern waters of Australia, many thousands of kilometres away.

Quokkas stay in small colonies, but they do not necessarily stay with the same mate. The result of this is that inbreeding can occur within these smaller colonies, leading to less healthy individuals.

There are not many left

Quokkas are small and completely defenceless members of the kangaroo family, so they are vulnerable to a number of native and introduced species. They are most vulnerable to predation by feral cats, dogs and foxes.

Quokkas graze; they feed on grasses, sedges, succulents, and foliage of shrubs. People sometimes feed them bread and other foods but this may kill the Quokka. Where they live on Rottnest Island, water is especially scarce during summer, meaning that the quokkas rely on succulents for their water needs - which is why bread and dry foods are so dangerous.

Quokkas a mammals, like humans, so they share various mammalian traits. These include feeding their young on mothers' milk, having hair, breathing through lungs and having a four-chambered heart. However, quokkas are marsupials while humans are placental mammals, so when it comes to reproduction, they are very different.

Quokkas are very small members of the kangaroo family, and their size helps them to hide easily in vegetation undergrowth. Quokkas are unique for the way they create tunnels that they use as runways through dense vegetation. They can quickly hop through these escape tunnels when threatened by a predator, and birds of prey cannot spot them through the dense vegetation.

Quokkas do not need to adapt to their environment. They are perfectly suited to live in far southwestern Australia. Quokkas shelter in long grass or bushland with plenty of low scrub cover. Within this habitat, they make pathways for feeding, and to allow for quick escape if they are disturbed. In their habitat, water tends to be quite scarce, so they rely on succulents for their food.

Quokkas are marsupials so, like other marsupials, they give birth to undeveloped young. The young joey then makes its way to the pouch where it latches onto a teat, staying there for months.

No. Quokkas are quite defenceless creatures. They are only small marsupials, and they do not have speed, agility, or any defensive behaviours. Their only protection is to hide from predators, which they do best by creating "tunnels" in long grass between feeding grounds.

Quokkas live in a temperate area, so there is little difficulty in these animals keeping warm. During the colder winter months, they shelter in long grass surrounded by shrubbery, so they are protected from the cold southern winds.

Quokkas are able to live up to about ten years.

Quokkas are small members of the kangaroo family, which live near swamps but rarely drink. Instead, they get their moisture needs from grasses, sedges, succulents and foliage of shrubs in their habitat. Their small size helps them to hide from predators easily in vegetation undergrowth. Quokkas are unique for the way they create tunnels that they use as runways through dense vegetation. They can quickly hop through these escape tunnels when threatened by a predator.

Quokkas require a delicately balanced ecosystem. This ecosystem is provided for them perfectly on Rottnest Island, and in a few protected areas on the mainland. The best way to help them is to maintain the purity of Rottnest Island by avoiding introducing non-native animals to the island.

Quokkas tend to give birth to a single joey at a time.

Quokkas are mammals: they have fur. (Fur and hair are essentially the same.)

Quokkas are quokkas, and there is no species known as the "short-tailed quokka". The quokka lives in a limited number of areas of Western Australia. One of their healthiest populations is on Rottnest island, a small, protected island off Perth, the capital of Western Australia. The quokka can also be found in the coastal plain around the Swan River, near Perth and Gingin. It is also found on Bald Island, and at Harvey and Collie…

Yes. Foxes most certainly eat quokkas. They are one of the quokka's main predators, except in protected areas. Foxes, wild dogs and feral cats, all introduced animals, are among the main reasons why quokka numbers are so low.

This varies. The quokka's main population is on Rottnest Island, off the coast of Western Australia, and here the breeding season is between January and August, from mid-summer through to the end of winter. On the mainland, quokkas tend to breed all year around.

Quaggas, queras, quique, quokkas, quols, quolyas and quuah.

No. Quokkas are native Australian animals and protected by law. They are not permitted to be kept as pets.

Rare Australian animals include: Bandicoots, Bilbies, Dingoes, Dugong, Echidnas, Gilders, Potoroos, Quokkas, Quolls, and Tasmanian Devils. The above is incorrect. The only animals in the list above which have very low populations and are therefore rare are bilbies and quokkas.

Quokkas are surprisingly fast, despite their seemingly awkward, stout shape. Quokkas are very small members of the kangaroo family that create tunnels that they use as runways through dense vegetation. They can hop very quickly through these escape tunnels when threatened by a predator.

Sources seem to vary on this. Some sources suggest that quokkas can live for up to 5 years in captivity. Their lifespan in the wild tends to be shorter. However, according to the Australian Government's Department of Sustainability and Environment website, quokkas can live for up to ten years in the wild.