They are very trusting of humans. I don't know if I have ever seen an animal more trusting of people.

The yin and yang of Australia. Snakes that can kill you with one bite. Quokkas that can kill you with one smile.

Me: Let's go to America! Sees this video Me: Let's go to Australia!

imagine if quokkas are the size of humans i would hug them so hard!

This brown pikachu and Cacatoo and... Australia is none other than a pokemon island.

Such a lovely video! These wee quokkas really made me smile. ☺

Qokkas are adorable and very special. I am glad they are so highly protected that you are not allowed to touch them. When I read that French backpackers had set one on fire I was astonished how twisted you would have to be to do that. They should have been thrown in jail. I hope they were deported!

That's one of the cutest animals ever!

I simply love it. Beautiful shots, also your narration is great. With every minute of this video my smile was bigger! Even laughing at the end. Thank you for sharing :) Quokkas are adorable!

Gosh their cute. It worries me them being so friendly. There are laws in place to keep them safe right?

This video is so great! I’m an editor for The Dodo - we’re a digital brand for everyone who loves animals. We’d like to include a portion of your video (with an onscreen credit to you) in a compilation I’m making to run across our platforms. Please get in touch if you have any objections or questions - you can contact me directly at dodovideo@thedodo.com. Thanks! - Jordan

omg! Adorable :) Luv those little guys!

I love them. How can anyone to so horrfic to these beautiful animals

Thanks for such a great video

If there really is a heaven on earth, this has to be it.

Your smile is as sweet as theirs

They trust people more then i do!

Oh...so cute!!!!! I want to see Quokkas!

wonderful! congrats

Once I get over my fear of flying, Rottnest Island is now on my list of places to visit. Now, a question - do they have three wheel bikes?

Man, these are cute :D

This is perfect

What about those wild boars on Rotto. They killed 5 tourists last year.Usually the ones laying on the ground trying to get a Quokka Selfie.

what's cuter than a kangaroo crossed with a wombat?? nothing.

here in Brazil would be great to see one of these are very cute

OMG so cute

Hey Dave could you please tell me the name of the song in the intro! Aren't they just the cutest whrn they hop around !!

How could anyone dislike this??

Can they survive outside australia? Pls reply

I need a Quokka of my own

nice

Oh my God I want one

Well, now I know where I’m going to retire.

why is feeding them discouraged? so that they keep being independent? or are they bad with digesting some types of food?

lol i saw your selfie on google search xd

To protect the quokkas and humans, you are allowed to take photos (from a reasonable distance) but under the Rottnest Island Authority Act, it is illegal to pet or feed Quokkas with fines of at least $150 given on the spot.

good vídeo :'D

Can you believe I had my school camps on rottnest island

it has a bit of a koala face

you have my attention.

It would be so hard not to pet them an snuggle with them..id have to pet it :( they do look like a cross between kangaroo an a large rat. Very cute

"Quokka Soccer" ?" Lighting a Quokka" ?? WTF ??!! - I curse those people who mistreated these gentle animals , to be born as a quokka and face all the hardships a quokka has to face in its life ! Why do some people behave like "terrorists" towards animals ?? SICK ! Such people are definitely not "human" by definition - only some monster in human skin...yuck !

Is it true that you get a fine if you just poke them?

like ittttt! regret 😪 why quokka not in Indonesia 😭 if in indonesia, i will meet they everyday

I like them there cute but I feel like there like pigeons to A point. Like when your just trying to eat and there's just like 5 of them sitting...watching you

Alright, on to my retirement plans...

a marsupial rat?

Rest assured people - 'Quokka Soccer' was NEVER 'popular'. People joked about it, but in the many times I have been to 'Rotto' in the last 45 years, I have never observed it. Don't get me wrong, there were reports of people, usually drunks, abusing Quokkas, but if it had been an endemic practice, Quokka would not be so comfortable around humans. Also, just in case anyone is planning a trip to Rotto by ferry, hire your bike with the ferry company. They hand you a bike as you get off the ferry, and you return the bike when you return on the ferry. It saves you walking to and from the bike hire business. Also, I recommend catching the ferry from Barrack St Jetty in Perth, so you get a beautiful cruise down the Swan River to Fremantle then across to Rottnest Island. And do the Segway tour on the island. I did that recently after going to the island for years, and thought it was fabulous. I have done Segway tours in a number of places overseas. this was by far the best!

It's Rotty , not rotto

Omg..can I keep them as pets

just get a kangroo only diffeence is that they drown and kill each other

Yes, they're cute, no doubt about that but I do feel uncomfortable nonetheless that these animals are a tourist attraction for in my opinion wildlife should be left alone. They are for the main part, I have read, nocturnal animals, so they fact that they are swarming about during the daytime may not be a good sign and proof not only that they are being fed by the tourists with food which may not be adapted to their diet for they are herbivorous but also that they have no fear for no natural predators on the island. If that is the case, won't there be a problem of overpopulation sometime in the future?

you know what this place needs? chinese tourists

To bad these species are vulnerable... Which would mean they probably might go extinct due to predators..

People are horrible and shouldn't be allowed around most animals.

Wonderful creatures, keep the Abo's away from, they hurt and kill them.

a good old past time is seeing how far you can kick a Quokka my best is 20 metres

Oh sure it is cute now. Wait until they finally give these things the ability to talk. Then you will realize they have the worst insatiable appetite to cuss the most vulgar and offensive obscenities at you.

More like a rodent problem