Best Wallaby

PHOTO: DANIEL MEIGS

After famed local marsupial Jack the Wallaby passed away in November, Jack’s brokenhearted keeper Alex Fasching wasn’t sure when or if he’d be ready for another wallaby. Then one spring day he got a call from a wallaby rescue operation in Wisconsin. There was a 5-month-old joey in need of a home. Jack Jr. loves to snuggle, hang out in his cloth pouch and chew on any charging cord that crosses his path. And fun (adorable) fact: When Fasching first brought Jack Jr. home, he’d sometimes get startled by his own tail and fall over under the weight of his own head (which he has since grown into). Ha! MEGAN SELING

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