Mother and Baby Quokka

Posted by Shelley (Sydney, Australia) on 28 July 2007 in Animal & Insect.

Funny little marsupials only found on Rottnest Island. When the Dutch first discovered the island they thought they were rats, hence the name "Rott (rat) nest island".

Canon EOS 20D
1/200 second
F/9.0
ISO 400
59 mm

quokka