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The rarely seen bag mole was spotted and photographed by the Kanyirninpa Jukurrpa (KJ) Martu rangers. Source: Supplied / KJ Rangers

A mole with golden fur and relatively oversized digging claws, which is also a marsupial... These miraculous creatures live in central Australia and are rarely sighted by humans. Now indigenous rangers have succeeded in taking pictures of one of the animals up close.

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A mole with golden fur and relatively oversized digging claws, which is also a marsupial... These miraculous creatures live in central Australia and are rarely sighted by humans. Now indigenous rangers have succeeded in taking pictures of one of the animals up close.

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