27-Aug-2020 Theme: 'Rakali'

(1) True or false?: Rakali carry their young in a pouch.

Answer: False.

(2) Rakali made headlines around Australia in March 2019, when a study from northern WA found it was one of the few native mammal species which had learned to do what?

Answer: Safely prey on cane toads.

(3) According to a biography by William Shawcross, which billionaire businessman, when a child, used to trap Rakali on his family’s property on the Murrumbidgee River, paying his sister Helen a penny each to skin them?

Answer: Rupert Murdoch.

(4) Which of the following is not a physical feature of a Rakali? (a) White tip on tail (b) Golden belly fur (c) Water repellent fur (d) Flat, beaver-like tail (e) Webbed hind feet.

Answer: (d) Flat, beaver-like tail

(5) What common fishing accessory has been banned in Victoria, and is under scrutiny elsewhere, because of its impact on Rakali, Turtles and Platypuses?

Answer: ‘Opera house’ yabby nets.

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