article_snippet.sent: Mr Bradley said the critters were of 'high significance to traditional land owners' with record of bilby populations dating back '15 million years'.
article_snippet.sent: In the mean time, the Save the Bilby Fund have developed a captive breeding program and believe that continuing breeding efforts in controlled environments could be the Save the Bilby Fund key to saving the endangered marsupial.
article_snippet.sent: The Greater Bilby is a nocturnal marsupial with a silky grey and white coat and a long black and white tail.
article_snippet.sent: Bilbies have large ears, a long snouts and a great sense of smell that helps them locate food.
article_snippet.sent: The Greater Bilby is omnivorous and eats bulbs, fruit, seeds, fungi, insects, worms, termintes and even small lizards or spiders.
article_snippet.sent: They don’t need regular water because, like koalas, They get most of They water from They food.
article_snippet.sent: The Royal Visit: Even the Royal family, pictured, wanted to drop by to get some face time with the native marsupial .