{"id":9092,"date":"2015-04-20T00:01:19","date_gmt":"2015-04-20T05:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=9092"},"modified":"2015-02-28T10:48:59","modified_gmt":"2015-02-28T15:48:59","slug":"atozchallenge-quokka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=9092","title":{"rendered":"#AtoZChallenge &#8211; Quokka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-2fiLxwzKZDg\/VMacpRcXivI\/AAAAAAAARLk\/J21cDtRVBsY\/s1600\/Q.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-2fiLxwzKZDg\/VMacpRcXivI\/AAAAAAAARLk\/J21cDtRVBsY\/s1600\/Q.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Quokka is a marsupial native to Southwestern Australia, particularly the islands off the coast. This little mammal is an herbivore and primarily nocturnal.<\/p>\n<p>It has no fear of humans and will approach, however, it&#8217;s illegal for members of the public on Rottnest Island to handle the animals in any way. A$300 fine can be issued by the Rottnest Island Authority for doing so and prosecution of the offense can result in a fine of up to $2,000.<\/p>\n<p><figure style=\"width: 512px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/8\/8a\/Setonix_brachyurus.jpg\/512px-Setonix_brachyurus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/8\/8a\/Setonix_brachyurus.jpg\/512px-Setonix_brachyurus.jpg\" alt=\"quokka\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">By GregTheBusker (Quokka Uploaded by berichard) [CC BY 2.0 (http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/178BWFbldCY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Quokka is a marsupial native to Southwestern Australia, particularly the islands off the coast. This little mammal is an herbivore and primarily nocturnal. It has no fear of humans and will approach, however, it&#8217;s illegal for members of the public on Rottnest Island to handle the animals in any way. A$300 fine can be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=9092\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">#AtoZChallenge &#8211; Quokka<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[396,623,660],"tags":[1070,661,662],"class_list":["post-9092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-atozchallenge","category-animals","category-quokka","tag-atozchallenge","tag-q","tag-quokka"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>#AtoZChallenge - Quokka - Celtic Connexions<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"#AtoZChallenge - Q is for Quokka\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=9092\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"#AtoZChallenge - Quokka - Celtic Connexions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"#AtoZChallenge - Q is for Quokka\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=9092\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Celtic Connexions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-04-20T05:01:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-2fiLxwzKZDg\/VMacpRcXivI\/AAAAAAAARLk\/J21cDtRVBsY\/s1600\/Q.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Melanie\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Melanie\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/?p=9092#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/?p=9092\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Melanie\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/fc1dc45dd87a15ec9c0044a4fe9cd612\"},\"headline\":\"#AtoZChallenge &#8211; 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