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Weird and wonderful tales of Australian wildlife. Hosted by award winning science journalist Rae Johnston and ecologist Chris McCormack
Searching for Australia's most elusive marsupial – Look at me podcast
Look at Me
37 minutes 44 seconds
6 years ago
Searching for Australia's most elusive marsupial – Look at me podcast
If you’ve ever travelled to an Australian desert, you may have been in the presence of one of Australia’s most elusive marsupials. The Anangu people call it the itjaritjari but it is more commonly known as the marsupial mole – even though it is not actually a mole. Living entirely underground, this eye-less creature with pincer-like limbs has mostly defied scientific study until one scientist decided to bury some microphones ... Benjamin Law talks to Chris McCormack about his trip to Uluru in pursuit of this remarkable animal
Look at Me
Weird and wonderful tales of Australian wildlife. Hosted by award winning science journalist Rae Johnston and ecologist Chris McCormack