Hydromys chrysogaster

3 Rakali or Water Rat at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve

Hydromys chrysogaster at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve - 3 May 2024
Hydromys chrysogaster at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve - 3 May 2024
Hydromys chrysogaster at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve - 3 May 2024
Hydromys chrysogaster at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve - 3 May 2024
Hydromys chrysogaster at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve - 3 May 2024
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Hydromys chrysogaster 3 May 2024 Liam.m
Hydromys chrysogaster 3 May 2024 CarbonAI
Hydromys chrysogaster 3 May 2024 rawshorty

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Nice to see two of them, not sure if it was a territorial dispute or romance :)

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Waterwatch wrote:
   3 May 2024
Could it be both? :)
rawshorty wrote:
   3 May 2024
@Waterwatch, maybe. I did not get one with a fish on a tightrope but I hope @DonFletcher will be happy I got two of them :)
DonFletcher wrote:
   3 May 2024
I am happy. If you had a million dollar video camera, you could get a job with David Attenborough @rawshorty .

Now I can bear to wait for your photo of one dancing on a tightrope with a fish in its mouth.

These will be chewing up a lot of waterbirds. Potentially posing an interesting dilemma for a captive waterbird place.

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