# Near-Terminal Cuteness: Bilbies for the Royal Baby

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 24, 2013, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/near-terminal-cuteness-bilbies-for-the-royal-baby/664432 "2013-07-24T23:02:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/near-terminal-cuteness-bilbies-for-the-royal-baby/664432/1 "2013-07-24T23:02:15Z")

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> As part of a gift package put together by Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, an enclosure for bilbies, Australian desert-dwelling marsupials, will be named in honor of the newborn prince at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo. Oh, and Baby Cambridge will get some cuddly bilby toys to match!

[![](https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/7686220800/h42A056A5/) ](https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/7686220800/h42A056A5/)

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**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/near-terminal-cuteness-bilbies-for-the-royal-baby/664432/2 "2013-07-25T00:58:44Z")

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Ack! Not. Cute. They look like scaled armadillos!