Sascha is a U.K.-based trainee staff writer at Live Science. She holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Southampton in England and a master’s degree in science communication from Imperial College London. Her work has appeared in The Guardian and the health website Zoe.
Aboriginal rangers have spotted an extremely elusive, palm-size marsupial mole with lucious blond locks in a remote corner of Western Australia's Great Sandy Desert, rare new pictures show.
Northern marsupial moles have no eyes, but"despite being blind, they expertly navigate the underground and use their calloused nose and forehead as a ram to burrow," representatives of Kanyirninpa Jukurrpa, a Martu organization that aims to build strong and sustainable communities, wrote in a Facebook post.
"The Kakarratul is a fascinating creature that 'swims' through the sand of Australia's western deserts," the representatives wrote."Unlike most burrowing mammals that leave hollow tunnels behind, Kakarratul carve a path and fill it in as they go, squeezing their body forward through the sand."
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