Animals native to Australia living happily on island ever since a pair escaped from wildlife park in the 1970s
Wild wallabies, normally attuned to warmer climes, are thriving on the Isle of Man. The animals, native to Australia and Tasmania, have been flourishing on the tiny island in the middle of the Irish Sea ever since a pair escaped in the 1970s from a wildlife park in the Curraghs, an area of wetland in the north-west of the island.
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Source: Guardian Environment