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This marsupial used to be 'abundant' — now, researchers can't find it

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Endangered and Protected SpeciesHabitatsNational ParksMarsupialsScientific Research

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  • the headline was changed: 30 wildlife cameras fail This marsupial used to spot 'quite cute' native after year of filmingbe 'abundant' — now, researchers can't find it

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Wildlife cameras have been filming in Litchfield National Park for almost 12 months, but the nationally endangered northern quoll is yet to be spotted.

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  • The headline puts “abundant” in quotation marks. Nobody says those words anywhere in the report.

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