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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Graham Readfearn Environment and climate correspondent

The fight to save Australia’s ‘incredibly captivating’ endangered spiny crayfish

a female dwarf spiny crayfish
A female dwarf spiny crayfish (Euastacus) found in the Bellthorpe region of south-east Queensland. Photograph: Krystle Wright/The Guardian

Nightfall comes early under the dense cloak of the rainforest canopy and Ollie Scully – boots off and barefoot – is wading through the cool water with his torch scouring the rocky bottom of a shallow creek.

We are at an undisclosed spot in the hinterland of Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. With leeches and trip hazards aplenty, the search has been on for hours.

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