The Crayzy Cache Traditional Cache
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A small cache in an urban wetland reserve. There is a paved track through the wetland and you only have to take a couple of steps off this to find the cache. There is NO need to go down into the wetland for the purposes of retrieval. This wetland is home to the endangered Central North Burrowing Crayfish and if you look carefully you may find the earth chimneys that indicate where they live.
The Central North Burrowing Crayfish, Engaeus granulatus, is listed as endangered.
This was the result of an assessment that determined there is a high risk that this species will become extinct unless the factors threatening its abundance, survival and evolutionary development are checked.
The Central North Burrowing Crayfish is found in the Devonport area and is endemic to central northern Tasmania. It occupies seeps,wetlands and stream banks in relatively undisturbed habitats. Over the years this creature's habitat has been affected by such things as vegetation clearance, weed invasion, fire and development. With the habitat of Engaeus granulatus disappearing, those places remaining will become even more
precious. The burrowing crayfish are not particularly mobile and if their habitat is destroyed they will struggle to survive.
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Onexvat hc gur jebat gerr pna qevir lbh penlml! Whfg or pnershy, gur arvtuobhef zvtug frr lbh unatvat nebhaq.