Hemsworth took the snap during a fleeting visit to Rottnest Island, Australia, with wife Elsa Pataky. Dubbing himself Quokka Chris, he urged his followers to get out to Rotto and see the quokkas for themselves.
View this post on Instagram Got my first quokka selfie this week at @rottnestislandwa. Epic little creatures are all over the island just cruisin through the day doin their thing. Get there and check it out! #quokkaselfie #wadjemupbidi #rottnestisland @australia A post shared by Chris Hemsworth (@chrishemsworth) on Mar 14, 2019 at 9:23pm PDT
Hemsworth even got close enough to feed one of the smiley little guys a piece of greenery from his own mouth, a feat that he joked took three weeks of crawling around the dirt, studying the Quokkas movements, mimicking their language before he finally gained their trust and was accepted as one of them.
Physical interaction with quokkas is usually not allowed by nature reserve staff-nor is feeding-but it looks like an exception was made for the God of Thunder.
View this post on Instagram Spent 3 weeks crawling around the dirt, studying the Quokkas movements, mimicking their language and eventually gained their trust and was accepted as one of them, I now go by the name Quokkachris #rottnestislandwa @australia @rottnestislandwa A post shared by Chris Hemsworth (@chrishemsworth) on Mar 14, 2019 at 9:37pm PDT
Quokkas, described by Hemsworth as epic little creatures, are native to Rottnest Island and a handful of other smaller islands off the coast of Western Australia. Theyre incredibly friendly, with no fear of human beings, and have a reputation as being the happiest animals on the planet thanks to their smiley little faces.
Hemsworth is rumoured to be inking a deal with Tourism Australia, which might explain his and Patakys recent tour of the Western Australian coast, and his message from Rottnest to get there and check it out!
But Hemsworth isnt the first celeb to take a selfie with a quokka. Actress and fellow Aussie Margot Robbie pipped him to the post more than a year ago:
View this post on Instagram #quokkaselfie A post shared by @ margotrobbie on Mar 18, 2018 at 11:32pm PDT
Okay, now we want one.