Creature Spotted in Queensland Sanctuary Is First in a Decade

An animal native to Queensland, Australia hasn’t been around the Bowra Wildlife Sanctuary for a decade, at least as far as scientists know. However, a trail cam recently spotted the rare animal, a brushtail possum, suggesting they’ve been there the whole time under the radar or a new one has made its way into the area.

“A little bit of possum magic in outback Queensland,” wrote the Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC) in an Instagram post sharing a photo of the rare animal. “The team at Bowra Wildlife Sanctuary on Kunja Country have captured a Brushtail Possum on a camera trap – the first sighting of the species on sanctuary in over a decade!”

Scientists were thrilled with the find.

“I actually did a double take at the images,” AWC Wildlife Ecologist Helena Stokes said in an AWC press release. “We haven’t had any signs of possums living on sanctuary in a long time, then sanctuary managers recently found some scat we suspected to be from a possum, and then the photos turned up a couple of weeks later. It was a great surprise.”

See the rare brushtail possum here:

Source: https://outdoors.com/creature-spotted-in-queensland-sanctuary-is-first-in-a-decade/