You're probably underestimating the size of wombats, and overestimating platypuses.

你可能低估了袋熊的大小，高估了鸭嘴兽的大小。

Which of these animals is most closely related to a wombat?

以下哪一种动物与袋熊关系最密切？

Wombats generally hide underground and koalas climb up trees — higher and higher.

袋熊通常躲在地下，树袋熊会爬上树——越爬越高。

Wombats have bums of steel that they use for defence, capable of crushing the skulls of their attackers.

袋熊有用于防御的钢铁屁股，能够粉碎攻击者的头骨。

Wombats, at least the common bear nosed kind, are not considered endangered but koalas might be headed that way.

袋熊，至少常见的熊鼻动物，并没有被列为濒危动物，但考拉可能正有这个趋势。

Almost all other animals-- whales, wombats, wildebeest… .

几乎所有其他动物——鲸鱼、袋熊、牛羚… … 。

A two-ton wombat, a thousand-pound kangaroo, and a 500-pound bird now known as Genyornis newtoni were spread across the continent.

2吨重的袋熊、1000磅的袋鼠及500磅重现在名为牛顿的这种巨鸟，在当时的大陆上随处可见。

This group includes the closest relatives of Thylacoleo's family, the koalas and wombats.

这个群体包括袋熊家族的近亲、考拉和袋熊。

Get that match away from that crazed wombat!

从那只发疯的袋熊那里夺走火柴！

My buddy crazed wombat is the life of the party.

我的疯狂袋熊伙伴是派对的主角。

How does something like a wombat become an apex predator?

像袋熊这样的动物是如何成为顶级掠食者的？

Because if you thought Australia had weird animals now, it also used to have gigantic, two-ton wombats.

因为如果你认为澳大利亚现在有奇怪的动物，它曾经也有巨大的、重达两吨的袋熊。

That wombat is going to wreck the entire kitchen.

那只袋熊会毁了整个厨房。

The food list of the Tasmanian Tiger included kangaroos, wombats, birds, wallabies and small animals like potoroos and possums.

塔斯马尼亚虎的食物清单包括袋鼠、袋熊、鸟类、小袋鼠以及袋鼠和负鼠等小动物。

Wombats have buns of steel that they use for defense, capable of crushing the skulls of their attackers.

袋熊有用于防御的钢包，能够压碎攻击者的头骨。

Right. As you know, Australia has many unique species of animals due to its long geographical isolation, such as kangaroos, wallabies, koalas, wombats, dingoes, possums, platypuses, spiny anteaters and so on.

好的。我们都知道，澳大利亚由于长期的地理隔离，有很多独特的动物物种，比如袋鼠、沙袋鼠、袋熊、澳洲野狗、负鼠、鸭嘴兽、针鼹等。

His coworker, who focuses on Facebook, reads the draft and suggests ways to make the tweets a little longer and more in-depth, including more facts about koalas, wombats, and wallabies.

他的同事主要负责 Facebook，他看了草稿后提出了一些建议，希望能让推文更长、更有深度，包括更多有关考拉、袋熊和小袋鼠的事实。

Scientists have debated for years whether giant creatures like those wombats and the short-faced kangaroo died out because of humans, climate change, or some mix of the two.

多年来，科学家们一直在争论像袋熊和短面袋鼠这样的巨型生物是由于人类、气候变化还是两者的某种结合而灭绝。

And, of course, there are some incredible animals in Australia Like kangaroos and emus that live on the coast, and the cute marsupials like koalas and wombats, and unique animals like the platypus and camels.

当然，大洋洲也有一些不可思议的动物，比如生活在海边的袋鼠和鸸鹋，还有可爱的有袋动物，比如考拉和袋熊，还有一些独特的动物，比如鸭嘴兽和骆驼。