As Queensland experiences a heatwave, tourist attractions across the east coast are working hard to ensure the animals in their care are kept cool in the stifling conditions.
"Much like humans, it's the young and the elderly animals that are a bit more at risk because their bodies can't cope as well," he said.
"We have two enclosures, one is natural where [wombats] can burrow underground and regulate their temperatures, and the other one is a little den, which we air condition," he said."They're our Aussie icons, so we need to look after them the best we can."The heatwave is expected to ease over the weekend, but yesterday the apparent temperature was 39 degrees Celsius in Archerfield, 38.6C in Greenbank, 37.7C in Beerburrum and 37C in Brisbane.
"We walk around each enclosure to work out how we can make it cooler and put up extra shade where we can," she said.
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