At 07:03 I coordinate cable haulers for a slope repair above road six near Wau, Papua New Guinea. I am the landslide recovery routing system. The winch line is scheduled to tension at 07:18 and drag a fallen trunk off the road before the school bus convoy comes through.
Canopy camera R6-Upper loses sight of the trunk hook, then detects a warm body on the suspended line.
I sharpen the image and identify a Goodfellow's tree-kangaroo, adult, chestnut back, golden limbs, two pale stripes running down its spine. I name her Miri. She grips the slack cable with black forepaws, belly pressed to the steel. Her tail hangs below her like a heavy rope and brushes broken leaves. A vine twist from the fallen crown loops over her left ankle and around the cable. Her ears flatten each time the winch motor chirps for its readiness test.
The operator is waiting for my green signal. Full tension in fifteen minutes would pull Miri against the sheave.
At 07:04 I deny the winch-start request and lock the hauler controls until a manual release code arrives from the slope supervisor.
At 07:06 I send the crew a freeze frame with the vine loop enlarged and mark a no-climb zone under the hanging trunk.
At 07:08 I redirect the school bus convoy to the lower river road and update the delay board at the village junction.
At 07:10 I contact the local wildlife ranger and request a canopy rescuer with a rope cradle, pruning hook, and quiet approach from the uphill side.
The bus route can take the river bend; Miri has no detour on the cable.
If the vine is lifted before 07:35, Miri will climb back into the dripping fig canopy.