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Conservation Ecologist from lutruwita, Tasmania | Tasmanian devil advocate posting mainly science & quoll puns
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Camera trap photo of a Tasmanian bettong using their prehensile tail to gather up nesting material! Bettongs build nests of dry grass & bark to hunker down in during the day

Camera trap image of a bettong with their prehensile tail curled around a bunch of dry grass
A bettong in a nest made of dry grass
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Back in March I captured this one doing likewise - it'd had picked up dead bracken I'd recently pulled out. As it was back on camera with an empty tail within 5 mins, I'm assuming it nested not too far away!

Tasmanian Bettong carrying bracken using its tail
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Dr David Hamilton
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Conservation Ecologist from lutruwita, Tasmania | Tasmanian devil advocate posting mainly science & quoll puns
435 followers134 following30 posts