Rare chuditch found in West Australian bush

[depakid]

This chuditch was spotted in land marked for future clearing.
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A RARE chuditch was found in the Paganoni Swamp Reserve in Karnup last week, a short distance from a patch of bushland that has been identified for future clearing. Friends of Paganoni Swamp spokeswoman Leonie Stubbs said the discovery was proof that a proposal to rezone 48 hectares of bushland in the north-west corner of the reserve to support the proposed Karnup train station would destroy flora as well as fauna.

She said it was wonderful to know that such a rare species lived locally but said it should serve as a reminder to be more cautious about clearing bushland in the metropolitan area.

Staff and students from The University of Western Australia’s School of Animal Biology made the rare sighting while trapping in the reserve as part of a project to study the effectiveness of the Perth to Bunbury Highway fauna underpasses. The chuditch was captured and tagged and was released.

The week-long trapping effort also resulted in the capture of several brushtail possums and quenda, or southern brown bandicoots, and a threatened brush-tailed phascogale.

More: http://www.inmycommunity.com.au/news-and-views/local-news/Rare-chuditch-found-in-bush/7556530/

[BrklynLiberal]

1. Mother Natures holds many secrets that we will destroy out of ignorance and greed.

[Angry Dragon]

3. +1000

[BrklynLiberal]

2. for some inexpilcable reason your link is not working

http://www.inmycommunity.com.au/news-and-views/local-news/Rare-chuditch-found-in-bush/7556530/

[depakid]

4. Sure enough, they've just changed the page! Here's better article on point

with more detail:

http://www.articleant.com/gen/78876-elusive-chuditch-spotted-in-southern-suburbs---university-of-wes.html

(The new freeway between Perth and Bunbury is impressive. Not only did they plan on wildlife corridors, but light rail runs right down the middle to Mandurah, about 45 miles South of Perth). While the area is booming like California in the 50's and 60's, we were pleased to see the amount of concern for the native critters- and there are some weird little ones out there.

[BrklynLiberal]

5. Thanks.

I have never been to Australia, but would love to go some day

All that I know who have visited, have loved it.

In fact I know two people who went on vacation, and moved there...