Numbat - small design - Unisex Softstyle T-Shirt Crop tops with its bright red head

with its bright red head and eccentric look taking center stage

The problem wasn’t just how strange it looked — it shattered European scientific rules: mammals were supposed to give birth to live young

Found mainly in the rainforests of northeastern Queensland

being swooped

and organisations like Bush Heritage Australia work to conserve the habitats they depend on

Numbat - small design - Unisex Softstyle T-Shirt Crop tops with its bright red headThe numbat is one of Australias most distinctive marsupials, with its rusty red coat, bold white stripes and a long sticky tongue perfectly designed for catching termites. Found in pockets of south western Western Australia, its unusual among marsupials for being active during the day, spending its time sniffing out termite galleries and consuming thousands of termites every day. Once widespread across southern Australia, numbats now face threats from