Pete Smissen

Can't change.

And you'll hear change linked to its because the word its starts with a vowel.

Change its.

And in fact, I'd probably reduce the vowel sound to a schwa.

Change its.

Change its.

A leopard can't change its spots.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Try it again naturally.

Repeat a few times after me.

All right, now it is time to get into the Australian fact of the day.

So, did you know Australia has one of the world's strangest long-running animal mysteries?

The so-called phantom panthers or big cats said to roam the bush.

For decades, people across Australia have reported sightings of large black cats in the wild, especially around places like the Blue Mountains in New South Wales, Gippsland in Victoria and parts of Queensland.

People describe them as looking like black panthers, leopards or cougars, way bigger than ordinary feral cats.

Some witnesses reckon they've seen cats the size of German shepherds crossing roads late at night, or moving silently through the bush.

Farmers have blamed mysterious livestock deaths on these creatures as well, and every now and then, blurry photos or footprint casts pop up online as evidence.

One of the most famous legends is the Gippsland panther from eastern Victoria.

Stories about it have been around for more than a hundred years, and some locals absolutely swear it's real.

So, where did the stories come from?