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The quokka (/ ˈ k w ɒ k ə /) (Setonix brachyurus) [4] is a small macropod about the size of a domestic cat. It is the only member of the genus Setonix. Like other marsupials in the macropod family (such as kangaroos and wallabies), the quokka is herbivorous and mainly nocturnal. [5] The quokka's range is a small area of southwestern Australia.
Of the approximately 3,600 people imprisoned there at one time or another over the 93 years the prison existed, at least 373 [33] people died and were buried in unmarked graves in at least two areas [34] [35] to the north of the Quod. It is the largest known deaths in custody gravesite in Australia. [36] [37]
Today, they are an invasive species found throughout western Europe. [6] In Romania, quagga mussels were first found in 2004 in the Danube River. [7] In Germany, quagga mussels were first identified in 2005, and now populate many inland waters, such as the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, the Main, and the Rhine.
The total area enclosed by the nature reserve is 4,744.7 hectares (11,724 acres). It may be divided into three areas: [11] A main section of 4,510 hectares (11,144 acres) that contains Mount Gardner, Lake Gardner, Moates Lake, rocky shoreline of Sinkers Reef, granite headlands, sandy beaches such as Little Beach and Waterfall Beach and mobile dunes;
They were once found in great numbers in the Karoo of Cape Province and the southern part of the Orange Free State in South Africa. After the European settlement of South Africa began, the quagga was extensively hunted, as it competed with domesticated animals for forage. Some were taken to zoos in Europe, but breeding programmes were unsuccessful.
The book's publishers promised $1.5m (£1.18m) and £300,000 would be given to the Sentebale and WellChild charities. Meghan wrote a children's book called The Bench in 2021.
They are known to attack both dogs and people. The cassowary has often been labelled "the world's most dangerous bird", [ 7 ] [ 8 ] although in terms of recorded statistics, it pales in comparison to the common ostrich , which kills two to three humans per year in South Africa .
People walk in the street in the area where the World Trade Center buildings collapsed September 11, 2001, after two airplanes slammed into the twin towers in a suspected terrorist attack.