What do zombie fingers smell like? Detection Dog Daisy is on the scent

It’s official, there’s a new Top Dog in conservation. After years of training, Zoos Victoria Detection Dog, Daisy, has used her incredible sense of smell to locate one of the rarest fungi in the world, tea-tree fingers.
Daisy, a seven-year-old Lagotto Romagnolo (Italian water dog), is a canine in Zoos Victoria’s Wildlife Detection Dog Squad - a team with a mission to help save Victoria’s threatened species.
Tea-tree fingers is a rare and elusive fungus that grows on dead tree branches. It is found within just a few known sites in dense tea-tree forest in Victoria and only a few hundred individuals are known to scientists.
This Wildlife Detection Dog research is a joint project between
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria and Zoos Victoria
With major project support from Indianapolis Zoological Society, Parks Victoria and Trust for Nature
The program is generously supported by Grollo Ruzzene Foundation and anonymous donors.
Zoos Victoria is a zoo-based conservation organisation, fighting for a future rich in wildlife. Learn more about our work at zoo.org.au

[@GeorgiaRose93]

Well done Daisy and team! 👏

[@annelindsay937]

Bless you Daisy, what a wonderful girl you are.💜👏

[@TLCnzo]

Clever Daisy

[@Poohze01]

What a good dog!

[@zangmomcdermott9930]

Thanks for sharing - really interesting

[@virginiascurti5036]

Endangered Fungus? Give me break!

[@amybradford8287]

Ooh. I need to start working on training my dog to find morrels 😂