Bandicoots can do serious damage to a tipan snake or even kill it if the snake dosen't get to the bandicoot first bandicoots vey dangerous prey to snakes.
Nothing like #CrashBandicoot then. Crash is supposedly a mutant based on the #EasternBarredBandicoot (#PeramelesGunnii), which it also looks nothing like. An extinct #bandicoot species was named 'crash bandicoot' after the character.
I love Bandicoots, at least I love them via videos and books since I can't see them in N. America. I appreciate the challenges of Australian conservationists struggling to preserve endemic species, animal and plants. Thank you for sharing your passion with the world! 💜
For what its worth i've been in Australia for 20+ years and I've never seen one. 'Backwards facing pouch'.. fascinating. Never would have thought blackberries were a problem for them, they don't seem to grow that wildly in the grand scheme of things. Perhaps the spraying is working, sure is annoying though when you're hungry out in the middle of nowhere in the Australian outback
Another awesome marsupial species that isn’t getting the recognition it deserves. Bandicoots are such unique little mammals, thank you for shedding some light on their biology and inspiring so many people to protect the amazing biodiversity of Australia. Keep up the amazing work Nick! - Evan and Harrison
NB: Animal common names are only capitalised when named after a place name or person, and binomially only the genus is capitalised. e.g. Cape York brown bandicoot, Isoodon peninsulae (Isoodon obesulus is in the video).
Got a few of these little guys running & digging around the yard here in the lower Blue Mountains. Never noticed them until recently, feb/mar this year 2021, just over a year after the 2019/20 Black Summer fires. They’re pretty cool little critters, very quick & active at night, & they make the cutest little noises. Very happy to have them around :)
so true, we dont have the fortune that other countries have, being able to just import more of their species from over seas, with so many of our species being endemic, australia has no plan b
@@WickedWildlife it's so sad. I'm a WIRES carer so I do what I can to get animals back out in the wild. There needs to be more of carers, it's reasonably easy to join. We need more research and reserves. More bridges or tunnels around busy roads so animals stop getting hit.
Kez C unfortunately here in vic it’s pretty hard to become a carer, you have to be a foster carer under a shelter for a minimum of I think two years before you can apply for a shelter licence yourself, it seems like a good system except many shelters don’t take on foster carers and if you move from interstate with caring experience there’s still no way around the system I worry victoria won’t have enough carers when this genoration get past it
@@WickedWildlife god that makes things really hard. The only bonus I suppose is that you don't get dumped into the deep end. I could call ppl but they couldn't see what I could. I found my local vet was the best resource and took every animal in for the first 6 months after that only the sick or injured or something I'd never had (IE water dragon). It's a two day cause here in NSW
How cute! There are some strange holes in my lawn in the backyard, so I suspect there were these beautiful creatures who did them. I hope so, I`d love to support our wildlife as much as I can. I`ll keep my cats at home to keep bandicoots safe. Thank you so much for such a beautiful video. And thank you for a short video, I`d be very sad seeing this poor guy waiting in your arms for long while you`re recording the video.
@@WickedWildlife its amazing that with such a vast country that a situation like that can arrise. Its good that they can recover their numbers quite quickly but i agree with you about them being reduced to living in fenced in areas isn't ideal at all. Australia is the dream for a lol of people, i hope they stop ruining it. ☺️ Thanks Nick.
Some years ago we found a bandicoot literally on our doorstep. It seemed incredibly calm and docile, but on closer inspection we came to the conclusion that it was either very old or sick, and quite possibly blind. It sauntered away after a little while, but I still find myself wondering if we could, or should, have done something to help it.
I love banicoots always have we make sure to educate groups we take on bush tucker walks and point out burrows and explain how important they our to our biodiversity And to keep cats INSIDE!
I'm looking everywhere and can't seem to find a satisfactory answer to this. What do bandicoots sound like? In particular, do they have high pitched squeaks? I only found one video with a bandicoot making sounds and it wasn't very good or complete.
I've seen quite a few of them. The one good thing about the blackberries. Never understood why people get them confused with rats, they look completely different.
Oscar Edwards they are pretty simple to keep I don’t have any these days but a four foot fish tank with a mesh lid is ideal, I fed them mixed birdseed plus carrot tops, silver beat, pretty well any vegetable I had left over when cooking dinner And a budgie nesting box for them to sleep in Only thing is they really need to be in groups as they rely on one another for warmth
I have one. I live in Western Australia. He comes every night for water and dry cats food😂. Very cute guy. He used to have a girlfriend but they had huge fight over cat's food and I don't see her any more. She was smaller in size.. to sad the boy chased her out of my backyard
Interesting little critter. Our cat stays indoors..not only are they dangerous to songbirds and other wildlife, their lifespan is shortened due to cars, dogs and mean humans.
I might be able to I do have a video comparing the taipan to the belchers sea snake basicly the taipan is still the most venomous snake on earth including sea snakes and kraits
@@WickedWildlife I have seen it sir ... It was very much useful... Thank you for your clarification... I will be waiting for those myth busters... Love ur videos!
Australian marsupials are the cutest animals in the world. Unfortunately the Australian government and most of the population selfishly don't care if they go extinct if their survival inconveniences them in any way.
The black market animal trade saw these bandicoots transported to America in the last 15 years for hunting purposes. Since then, captive Bandicoot numbers in the America have grown drastically, surpassing that of Australia. So if you know anyone in the US breeding these to shoot, then please ask them to send us some back, as we're almost out!
I wonder if bandicoots could be successfully introduced into California without causing too much of a disruption to the local ecology. Might help with all the forrest fires. 🤷♂️
In our Shire The council offer free microchipping for your cat. Also ask all cat owners to used the free blue bib when the cat ie outside the home/ building, The bib prevent attacks on wildlife. Plus if cat is not wearing a bib it will be class has feral by council ranger unless microchip. The cat is euthanised.
