Every now and again, a story in Perth comes along that would make news anywhere in the world.
This one involves a python, an endangered animal, a tracking device and a couple of thieves.
Woylie's who look very muck like rats are have been placed on the endangered species list here in Australia.
Scientists, wanting to know why these animals are disappearing have placed radio collars around some of their necks and track their movements.
Australian Department of Environment and Conservation officers tracking these creatures in the Narrogin bushland, south of Perth were recently hot on the trail of a particular woylie.
The signal being emitted of it pointed them to a specific are and as they got closer they discovered the
signal was in fact being emitted from two-metre long python.
It turns out the python had just eaten the wyolie, collar and all.
The gluttonous python was taken to DEC’s Woodvale Research Centre for care, while officers waited for the device to pass through its system.
Sometime over the past weekend burglars broke into the Woodvale facility and stole the python along with its give-away tracking device still secretly sending signals out from the reptile’s insides.
Yesterday, WA police and DEC officers used airborne radio tracking technology to trace the reptile and found it encaged in a Perth home.
The Python is due to be released back into the wild but the thief who stole will be put in a cage.
This one involves a python, an endangered animal, a tracking device and a couple of thieves.
Woylie's who look very muck like rats are have been placed on the endangered species list here in Australia.
Scientists, wanting to know why these animals are disappearing have placed radio collars around some of their necks and track their movements.
Australian Department of Environment and Conservation officers tracking these creatures in the Narrogin bushland, south of Perth were recently hot on the trail of a particular woylie.
The signal being emitted of it pointed them to a specific are and as they got closer they discovered the
signal was in fact being emitted from two-metre long python.It turns out the python had just eaten the wyolie, collar and all.
The gluttonous python was taken to DEC’s Woodvale Research Centre for care, while officers waited for the device to pass through its system.
Sometime over the past weekend burglars broke into the Woodvale facility and stole the python along with its give-away tracking device still secretly sending signals out from the reptile’s insides.
Yesterday, WA police and DEC officers used airborne radio tracking technology to trace the reptile and found it encaged in a Perth home.
The Python is due to be released back into the wild but the thief who stole will be put in a cage.
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