We recently saw bandicoots around our place for the first time *with our actual eyes*! 😀 These rabbit-sized marsupials are nocturnal (and very sneaky). Research finds they are important fungi dispersers, aiding decomposition & nutrient recycling in ecosystems 🧪🌏🦘🍄 (journal papers in comments) - ThreadSky

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daxkellie.bsky.social • 42 days ago

We recently saw bandicoots around our place for the first time *with our actual eyes*! 😀

These rabbit-sized marsupials are nocturnal (and very sneaky). Research finds they are important fungi dispersers, aiding decomposition & nutrient recycling in ecosystems
🧪🌏🦘🍄
(journal papers in comments)

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sheepflame.bsky.social•42 days ago

Please stay safe and understand that these are wild animals: it is NOT ok to give them go karts and as they mature in captivity they inevitably display a dangerous disregard for racing regulations.

falkirkbairnexiled.bsky.social•41 days ago

Brilliant little creatures, thanks for posting them.

daxkellie.bsky.social•42 days ago

https://www.publish.csiro.au/am/AM23018

daxkellie.bsky.social•42 days ago

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/aec.12988

daxkellie.bsky.social•42 days ago

Photos in the first skeet are not mine, but captured by talented citizen scientists and researchers. Photo credits are in the alt text 🙂

kyledavey.bsky.social•41 days ago

Hear me out, one bandicoot, two or more bandikeet. That's the rule in our house.

scotscs.bsky.social•42 days ago

Yeah, love how dorky they look and their snouty, nasal hoots are just right for that. Did you hear them? Like a sinus problem struggling to find it's way out of a didjeridoo.

daxkellie.bsky.social•42 days ago

I haven’t yet but that description has me excited for what I’m about to hear 😂