For the first time in history, it has become possible to take a photo of the giant rats that live on Phangunu Island, cracking coconuts, he wrote. IFLScience. Particularly rare and large rodents were captured with mounted wildlife cameras with the help of local residents, and 95 images of four specimens were taken in one year.
The islanders have long known about these animals, which are good at climbing trees and can even break coconuts, but they remained unknown to science for a long time. Tyrone Laverythe new one that transfers images Stady One of its authors said that researchers have been trying to track down these distinctive rodents for decades, but they have not succeeded so far. Before that, they were only able to examine a dead person in 2017.
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Although the exact population size of this species is unknown, it is classified as Critically Endangered on the World Conservation Organization’s Red List. The photos also confirm that this species may be on the brink of extinction, but experts hope that photos that clearly prove the existence of giant rats will help save it from extinction.
