Happy Birthday! Patrick the Wombat is now the oldest and largest wombat in the world.

[Coyotl]

Happy Birthday! Patrick the Wombat is now the oldest and largest wombat in the world.

Patrick the Wombat will become the oldest living wombat in the world today when he turns 30. Weighing in at nearly 40kg, he is also the largest wombat in the world.

Patrick became an overnight sensation last year around his birthday after Tourism Australia wished him happy birthday on their social media account. Within 24 hours he received 258,000 Facebook likes and reached over 6 million users.

The wombat, is a long term resident of Ballarat Wildlife Park, and was hand raised after being orphaned as a baby. After having a couple of attempts at releasing Patrick, the zoo keepers had no choice but to hold onto him ..........

[brooklynite]

1. But they always lie about their age...

[BlancheSplanchnik]

3. Lol!

[shenmue]

2. Squeeeeeeeeeee

[BlancheSplanchnik]

4. Awwwwwww!

What a face! ❤️

[sinkingfeeling]

5. Happy Birthday, Patrick. You're adorable.

[geek tragedy]

6. And when the wombat comes

he will find me gone.
He'll look for a place to sit.

[airplaneman]

7. Cute face

And I do mean the Wombat.
-Airplane

[Solly Mack]

8. :)

[Stryst]

9. That's almost painfully cute

Happy birthday Patrick!

[burrowowl]

10. Cute fat little fellow!

[muriel_volestrangler]

11. That was last year - but he's still going strong at 31

Australia ?@Australia 9 hours ago
Today the world's oldest wombat, Patrick from @visitballarat Wildlife Park, turns 31 - happy birthday old boy!

https://twitter.com/Australia/status/769670868964216832

[Coyotl]

13. Yes, thanks for adding this.

[smirkymonkey]

12. Awww! He's so cute!