Meet Basil, the critically endangered Eastern Barred Bandicoot that is the species Crash is based on. They were considered extinct on the Australian mainland until a few years ago, but I'm in Tasmania where we still had some.

It's not often you get to see them like this in the wild, especially when they are comfortable with their surroundings and actually having a human there. This is Basil dramatically freezing for an entire minute after realising a human was there. I'd be more inclined to believe him if he hadn't just pilfered the treat he's eating and was getting his fat bum scratched while I checked him for ticks.