Wildlife authorities are hopeful about a new technique to identify which waterways have crocs without needing to sight them
Queensland’s environment department has backed the crocodile DNA research and hopes to be able to use the new technique.Queensland’s environment department has backed the crocodile DNA research and hopes to be able to use the new technique.Researchers from the University of Canberra have developed a technique that can detect minute amounts of a crocodile’s mitochondrial DNA in water samples.
The DESI program coordinator Simon Booth said crocodiles can sometimes prove elusive, even to highly trained wildlife officers conducting conventional land or vessel-based surveys. “We’re hoping the research project will allow us to reliably test water samples to detect the presence of crocodiles.”Our Australian morning briefing breaks down the key stories of the day, telling you what’s happening and why it mattersThe UC researchers Dr Peta Hill and Dr Elise Furlan conducted trials to detect DNA in water samples collected from crocodile holding ponds at the department facility in Cairns, and compared them with control samples of water that had not contained crocodiles.
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