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Australia's most underrated animals 2025 - #ScienceWeek

#1 #Rakali🐀

#2 Palm #cockatoo🐦

#3 Giant #cuttlefish🐟

#4 #Dugong

#5 Marsupial #mole🕳️

#6 Turtle #frog🐸

#7 Velvet #worm🪱

#8 Great desert #skink🦎

#9 Ghost #bat🦇

#10 Short-finned #eel

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-15/wildlife-blog-15-august-2025/105651126

#wildlife

Not new, but still brilliant. Nature adapts — and fast. Australia’s native water rats, also known as #rakali have figured out how to safely eat deadly #canetoads by surgically removing and feasting only on their hearts.
#nature #adaptation #australia #evasivespecies

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/26/australian-water-rats-cut-cane-toads-open-with-surgical-precision-to-feast-on-their-hearts

Cane Toad eating Native Animals https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2019-11-01/cane-toad-native-animals-eating/11649498
#CaneToads

#Rakali
https://platypus.asn.au/rakali-conservation-status-and-concerns/