Why were wombats created with a pouch that faces backward?
Why do wombats wear their pouches backward?
The wombat is a round, stocky, barrel-shaped mammal that inhabits many parts of Australia. It is about one meter (three feet) long, with four short legs and almost no tail. It looks like a small bear.
Wombats are marsupials. This means the female wombat, like the kangaroo and wallaby, has an external pouch in which she carries her young. Even though wombats and kangaroos look nothing alike, some evolutionists believe they evolved from the same basic possum-like creatures.
One major difference between kangaroos and wombats is that the wombat's pouch opens backwards, yet the kangaroo's does not. Why?
Wombats burrow
The wombat is a burrowing animal; the kangaroo is not. Wombats
build long burrows up to 20 meters (66 feet) long, using their
strong shovel-shaped claws to dig. Kangaroos do not dig tunnels. If
the wombat had a forward-opening pouch like the kangaroo does, its
pouch could clog up with soil while it was excavating.
In His wisdom, God the Creator designed the female wombat with a pouch that would protect her young, while allowing her freedom to excavate speedily and efficiently.
(Wombat illustration (top) based on a drawing by Steve Cardno — used with permission)
Related topics:
| Main page || Creation Tips || Teen Topics || Crystal Clear Creation || DinosaurCam || Games || Newsdesk |
Contact us.
Website: www.creationtips.com
Copyright © Creation Tips and its
licensors. All rights reserved.