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Cave Animal of the Year Australia

Locality: Hobart, Tasmania

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25.01.2022 Awards for Cave Animal products At the 2019 Convention of the National Speleological Society in the USA, the sticker received a merit award and the Cavers Choice award in the Symbolic Emblem Salon. Our poster and bookmark duo received Best of Show in the Posters, Postcard. Brochures division of the Graphic Arts Salon. In Tasmania, the poster won two awards in the Print categories of recent the Diemen Awards, these being for Embellishment and Commercial Items and was a co...ntender for the Grand Diemen Award for Print. Hows that for helping to promote cave animals! Thanks to graphic designer Kelly Eijdenberg (Poco People) and illustrator Sam Lyne for their creative efforts.

24.01.2022 Launch of 2020 Cave Animal: Australian Cave Crickets The 2020 Australian Cave Animal of the Year is Australian Cave Crickets, a group 22 related species of cave crickets in the Australian family Rhaphidophoridae. Australian cave crickets are wingless insects and can be found in limestone, larva and granite caves in both moist and dry areas.

24.01.2022 Perfect weather for a cuppa!!

24.01.2022 Please watch this and share with friends. We need to keep the lights out!

24.01.2022 Only one day left...What is it going to be?????

24.01.2022 An amazing cave animal from NZ!!

23.01.2022 Cave Animal of the Year 2020...

22.01.2022 Science week brings the cave spiders out of the darkness. The intriguing life of the Tasmanian Cave spider is on show at Marakoopa during Science week. In co-o...peration with the Marakoopa Caf, Mole Creek Caves is offering visitors the opportunity to visit the Hickmania troglodytes in its natural habitat, after the caf reveals their intimate details during screenings of the documentary, Sixteen Legs. As the largest of Tasmanias spiders, it was nominated as Australian Cave animal of the year and can be seen all year round at Mole Creek Caves. The secret life of this creature is uncovered through the stunning documentary. Cave tickets and film tickets are sold separately.

21.01.2022 One more sleep until we find out who is the Cave Animal of the Year for 2020

19.01.2022 Amazing ammonites!

19.01.2022 Cave Animal of the Year 2020 is announced today in Hobart Tasmania. Stay tuned...

18.01.2022 Check out this fellows antennaes! Antennae, which can be more than twice the length of their bodies, are the most notable feature when looking at a cave cricket. These long and very elegant-looking antennae allow cave crickets to detect food, mates and predators by sense. Photo by Lyn Devereux

17.01.2022 Crickets eat both plants and animals, and perhaps even their own leg! Food is limited in the cave environment and cave crickets cant be too fussy about their diet. Their menu includes plant material and animals both alive and dead, including injured cave crickets. They generally leave the cave at night to forage for food in the above-ground environment. Cave crickets store protein in their hind legs and, if food is scarce, they may eat one of their own hind legs. They may a...lso sacrifice a hind leg to evade predation by another animal. Survival is key!

17.01.2022 Aussie bats have had it tough already and we need them more than ever... There are about 1,400 species of bats worldwide, including 81 in Australia. All of our bat species are native and unique. Most are small, nocturnal, and call outside of the human hearing range, so the average Australian would be lucky to see more than a couple of species in their lifetime. ... This is important to remember when it comes to thinking about how often they actually interact with people. Lets help spread the word and give these guys the reputation they deserve! Please share! https://theconversation.com/no-aussie-bats-wont-give-you-co

16.01.2022 Our 2020 Australian Cave Animal of the Year will be launched in Hobart on 1 December.

16.01.2022 Spring has sprung!! Turn the sound up and listen to the songs of the swallows that make this cave entrance their home every spring.

15.01.2022 Pictures are worth 1000 words. Thinking all animals above and below the ground who are affected by these fires.

14.01.2022 This is such a beautiful piece. I want to hear it again and again. Thanks Sil for your beautiful cave crickets poem! https://www.facebook.com/1964728916968152/posts/2572095196231518/

13.01.2022 Owls are amazing animals. You quite often see evidence of them in and around cave entrances.

10.01.2022 Have you been to the Cave Animal of the year website? Check it out at https://www.caveanimaloftheyear.org.au/ You will find lots of great info about our 2020 Cave animal of the year. ... Including the Australian cave crickets family tree! https://bie.ala.org.au//urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.t See more

10.01.2022 Can you find the two cave crickets hiding in this photo?? Cave crickets are not always easy to find!!

08.01.2022 Will have to look out for this!

07.01.2022 Lights, Camera, Cricket Action - Our cave cricket film is almost ready .... just a few more leaps. It’s part of the 2020 Australian Cave Animal of the Year. W...e look forward to seeing you at the opening. More details to come soon. . For more details check it out here https://www.caveanimaloftheyear.org.au/ . #australiancaves #caving #naturenerd #outdooreducation #cavecricket #cave #explore #nature #doco #caveanimaloftheyear

05.01.2022 There's a cricket in there somewhere!

05.01.2022 Amazing little builders!

05.01.2022 2020 Australian Cave Animal Merchandise! Our posters, bookmarks and stickers are works of art and our 2019 products all won competitive awards. Thanks to our design team for their creative efforts. Our 2020 products are just as stunning but be quick to order as our supplies are limited. Bookmarks and stickers are free of charge. The cave crickets are a gorgeous pink in colour and raised on the bookmark. You will love them. As you read yourself to sleep at night, the bookma...rk will have you pondering the lives of cave crickets as they leave the caves at nightfall to seek food in the moon-lit world above. Our award-winning poster can be supplied if you can display in a public site. Outdoor gear shops, libraries, school science labs, Scout and Guide halls and the like would all make great display areas. We would love to hear from you if you can display a poster and so help tell others about the wonders of cave animals. We still have a couple of the 2019 cave spider items left, if anybody missed out let us know. For all merchandise orders and enquiries please contact us at: [email protected]

05.01.2022 If the cave entrance is this big then it is bound to have big animal visitors. Check out the size of that footprint!

04.01.2022 Only 2 days left to go!!

03.01.2022 Not quite a cave animal but an underground enthusiast at least!

02.01.2022 The countdown is on...Cave Animal of the year 2020!The countdown is on...Cave Animal of the year 2020!

01.01.2022 This is an amazing shot of a mum and her bub.

01.01.2022 On Christmas Island the caves have crabs!!!

01.01.2022 This is a great opportunity to connect with other cave animal enthusiasts. Check out Australian Cave and Karst Managements (Ackma) upcoming conference at Jenolan Caves!

01.01.2022 Did you know? Cave Crickets dont chirp. Other types of crickets might chirp, but cave crickets do not, and cannot. Everyday male crickets chirp because its a mating call, to attract a female. They do this by rubbing their wings together. Cave crickets do not have wings and are deaf. Instead male cave crickets use abdominal vibrations to signal to females in courtship. The ladies like their men with abs!!!... Photo by Garry K Smith