Love is in the air at Sydney Zoo this Valentine’s Day with two unsuspecting animals taking a fancy to each other. A swamp wallaby (Swampy) and wombat (Romper) have been caught on camera canoodling in the wombat’s burrow after dark.
The relationship is out of character with both animals usually taking a liking to their own species; the duo is proving to animals around Sydney Zoo and worldwide that love can be found in many different places.
Keeper Tara says, “We first noticed the strange infatuation between Swampy and Romper a couple of weeks ago. At night the swamp wallaby has been leaving her other friends to spend the night in the wombat’s burrow with Romper – it is incredibly cute and rare and we encourage people to come to the new Sydney Zoo to catch a glimpse for themselves.”
Additionally, romance is all around Sydney Zoo with other animals such as the lions and meerkats enjoying heart shaped watermelon to get into the Valentine’s Day spirit.
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