Editing Wombat (section)

===Attacks on humans===
In addition to being bitten, humans can receive puncture wounds from wombat claws. Startled wombats can also charge humans and bowl them over,<ref>{{cite news|last=Robinson|first=Georgina|title=Wombat combat: danger is their middle name|url=http://www.examiner.com.au/news/local/news/general/wombat-combat-danger-is-their-middle-name/1796899.aspx|access-date=13 August 2010|publisher=[[The Examiner (Tasmania)|The Examiner]]|date=7 April 2010}}</ref> with the attendant risks of broken bones from the fall. One naturalist, [[Harry Frauca]], once received a bite {{convert|2|cm|in|1|abbr=on}} deep into the flesh of his leg—through a rubber boot, trousers and thick woollen socks.<ref name="Underhill">{{cite book | author=Underhill, David | year=1993 | title=Australia's dangerous creatures |edition=4th rev. | location=Sydney |publisher=Reader's Digest Services | page=368 | isbn=978-0864380180}}</ref> A UK newspaper, ''[[The Independent]]'', reported that on 6 April 2010, a 59-year-old man from rural Victoria state was mauled by a wombat (thought to have been angered by [[mange]]),<ref>{{cite news | title = Wombat bites Australian bush fire survivor | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8604360.stm |access-date = 9 April 2010 |date = 6 April 2010 | publisher = [[BBC News]] }}</ref> causing a number of cuts and bite marks requiring hospital treatment. He resorted to killing it with an axe.<ref>{{Cite news | title = Australian Man Mauled in Rare Attack|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/australian-man-mauled-in-rare-attack-by-wombat-1937850.html|access-date=7 April 2010|date=7 April 2010|work=[[The Independent]]|agency=Reuters}}</ref>