article_snippet: Jack Merritt, 18, sent footage of the creature to experts, who identified it as a young female. '
article_snippet: I filmed it by chance and knew I had captured something different,' Jack said. '
article_snippet: You don't really expect to have something like this happen but it is fascinating and I am so glad I was out filming at the time.'
article_snippet: The teenager sent footage of the creature to ecologist Derek Gow - a specialist in the reintroduction of indigenous species.
article_snippet: Derek Gow - a specialist in the reintroduction of indigenous species said: 'footage of the creature Jack is simply amazing.
article_snippet: It's really great to see the see the footage he obtained of what would appear to be a young female.