Strange critter dead in my yard

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wayno.fuller
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Anyone know what this is. Is it just a mouse or some sort of baby glider ?????
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Got me puzzled Wayno
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Tintola
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Feathertailed Glider. A type of miniature possum. see link below.
http://www.google.com.au/search?q=feath ... iAfXnaz4Bw
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wayno.fuller
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Thanks for that has had me stuffed. Lived here for 20 plus years and It's the first one I've seen.
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Thank goodness i thought it was going to be a drop bear ...Lot of them about .

What a gawjus little critter . Shame its on the dead side , hope fully you might see a live one or two in your yard now.
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mattymeischke
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If you're so inclined, your local museum would be very interested to know about it; where and when and why it died.
Call the Queensland Museum (Corner of Grey and Melbourne Streets, South Bank Brisbane QLD 4101
(07) 3840 7555) and ask how to contact the curator of mammals.
I would refrigerate but not freeze the body until I spoke to the relevant person.

I would love to see one.
jusdeb wrote:Thank goodness i thought it was going to be a drop bear ...Lot of them about .
Love to see one of them, too.
wayno.fuller wrote:Thanks for that has had me stuffed
...which is what the museum might do with it.....
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poor little thing:(
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Matty your chances of seeing a drop bear increase dramatically if you bait them with Bundaberg Rum on your breath .... :thumbup:
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Real shame its a dead one.Lovely little critter, some hope that they might be hanging on in your area. Keep ferals out and who knows ? might even see a live one .
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wayno.fuller wrote:Thanks for that has had me stuffed
desertbirds wrote:...which is what the museum might do with it.....
:lol: True.
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I rescued 2 of these at different times years ago at my parents place.
Both times were exactly the same circs.
Just on dusk.
Little Wattlebird attacked the "mouse" & it fell to the ground from the crown of Bangalow Palms & immediately set upon by the Heeler. Dog yelled at to drop it. Picked up the stunned little creature. Wiped off the dog slobber & let it recover for a few minutes until all was ok. Then released back onto the trunk of another tree & it shot off up the tree.
Beautiful little animals.
I know a few people around here who have also seen them around their yard. Each time was in or around Bangalow or Alexandra Palms.
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