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66 blue-tailed skinks saved in 2010; 545 released on a new island 15 years later

In 2010, the Christmas Island blue-tailed skink was close to disappearing from the wild. Introduced predators had swept across Christmas Island, and a rapid rescue effort by Parks Australia staff ...
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Endangered blue-tailed skinks released on Cocos (Keeling) Islands after facing extinction

A critically endangered skink almost wiped out by predatory snakes on Christmas Island has been given a new chance of survival after being relocated to a remote island off Western Australia. More than ...
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Rare cargo loaded onto Qantas plane for one-hour 'nerve-wracking' flight

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Christmas Island blue-tailed skinks were flown on a Qantas flight to the Cocos archipelago. (DCCEEW) Plastic tubs containing some ...
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In 2010, just 66 Christmas Island blue-tailed skinks were saved; 15 years later, 545 were released on a new island

In 2010, the Christmas Island blue-tailed skink was close to disappearing from the wild. Introduced predators had swept across Christmas Island, and a rapid rescue effort by Parks Australia staff ...