Golden bandicoots were locally extinct last week. Now, they're back

August 25, 2023 10:00 PM

Golden bandicoots were locally extinct last week. Now, they're back — and growing. Golden bandicoots were last sighted in this area in 1967. Now a translocation project is aiming to revive the marsupial's population.
posted by chariot pulled by cassowaries (6 comments total)

I don't always read/comment on these posts because of time constraints but I'm always delighted to see good news about adorable creatures. Keep posting, please! (also omg this little guy is super cute!)
posted by gentlyepigrams at 5:11 AM on August 26, 2023 [1 favorite]

I'll second that. Thanks for regularly posting these stories.
posted by senor biggles at 5:38 AM on August 26, 2023 [1 favorite]

What a coincidence. I too was locally extinct last week. But now I am back.
posted by Naberius at 5:41 AM on August 26, 2023

I’m very impressed by the dogged efforts of conservationists and rangers to reintroduce threatened or eliminated species to their original habitats.

Also: golden bandicoots? More like god damned bandi-cutes, right?
posted by GenjiandProust at 5:50 AM on August 26, 2023 [2 favorites]

welcome back, bandicutes!
posted by supermedusa at 9:17 AM on August 26, 2023 [1 favorite]

Crash Bandicoot? More like HUGS Bandicoot.
posted by rhizome at 1:58 PM on August 26, 2023 [1 favorite]