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Meet ‘world’s happiest animal’ at only zoo outside Australia

December 23, 2020 update!

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With its beady eyes and chubby face, the quokka, a type of small kangaroo, is referred to as “the world’s happiest animal” because its mouth often curves in the shape of a smile.

The Saitama Children’s Zoo in Higashi-Matsuyama, Saitama Prefecture, is the only zoo in the world to exhibit the marsupial outside Australia, its native home.

Quokkas inhabit forests and swamps in southwestern Australia, mainly on Rottnest... (By TOSHIYUKI TAKEYA/ Staff Writer )

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