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Researchers rejoice at rediscovery of tiny Tasmanian crayfish thought to be extinct
It was relatively early in his career when crayfish expert Alastair Richardson encountered the short-tailed rain crayfish.
Key points:
- The short-tailed rain crayfish endemic to Tasmania was thought to be extinct
- A research trip recently found six crayfish living in the creeks leading to Lake Burbury
- The main threat the animals could now face is climate change
He found a few back in the 70s, while doing some collecting in the old King River Valley in Tasmania’s remote west.
He bottled the specimen all those years ago, but after decades of no sightings, the small cray was thought to be extinct.
“We had [found] six animals, they came from three localities, and two at that time were under Lake Burbury and so the questions was, ‘does it still…
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