Article 1H45D 'It's so beautiful': Indigenous rangers spot rare golden-coloured mole in desert

'It's so beautiful': Indigenous rangers spot rare golden-coloured mole in desert

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Calla Wahlquist
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Rarely seen and barely studied, the kakarratul, or northern marsupial mole, spends most of its life burrowing through sand dunes

A little golden creature darted across a dirt track in the Gibson desert, just in front of the four-wheel drive.

Pintupi woman Yalti Napaltjari, travelling with a group of Aboriginal rangers from the Kiwirrkurra Indigenous protected area, gave a yell and jumped out.

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