Australia bushfires — Ecologists from University of Sydney estimate 480 million mammals, birds and reptiles have died due to the fires. Among these, 8000 koalas are believed to have burnt to death - nearly one third of the entire koala population in New South Wales (NSW), news.com.au reports. newshub.co.nz/home/world/…
Mammals' tusked ancestor roamed Australia: Scientists say rare fossils found South East Tasmania show that the Dicynodont, an early ancestor of modern-day mammals, existed throughout Australia. abc.net.au/science/articl…
Pat Tillman: Pleased that Robert Evans hits on Australia at the top of his list for 'soccer countries' - before anywhere in South America or Europe!
That's funny, Robert is so good at sport!
Also, sadly but unsurprisingly, my vpn doesn't have a Qatar option.
TIL in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Cap's list of things to learn about varies based on the regional release. In Australia, it includes Steve Irwin, in South Korea, it has Dance Dance Revolution, etc. yahoo.com/entertainment/b…
Humans coexisted with three-tonne marsupials and lizards as long as cars in ancient Australia. The biggest of all the mammals was the three-tonne marsupial Diprotodon, and the deadliest was the pouched predator Thylacoleo. theconversation.com/human…
Trump postpones G7 summit, seeks to expand invitation list US president says he wants to expand the list of countries invited to include Australia, Russia, South Korea and India. aljazeera.com/news/2020/0…
TIL that in 1859, a guy released 24 rabbits for hunting into the wild in Australia, a country which had no native rabbit population then. By 1920, their population increased to 10 billion. This is the fastest spread ever recorded of any mammal. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rab…
Climate change listed as official cause of extinction for a mammal for the first time: The Bramble Cay melomys [Australia] // https://t.co/pBcfGEfYqa blogs.scientificamerican.…
A list of the South African schoolboys headed to Japan, France, England, Australia & Ireland
USA to postpone G7 summit which was scheduled next month until September or later to expand the list of invitees to include Australia, Russia, South Korea and India in.reuters.com/article/g7…
Here's a list of Films that were filmed in South Australia including Jaws en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lis…
List of Less than 150 Targets defended in Tests post 1990s. South Africa, Pakistan and West Indies have successfully done it twice. Whereas Australia has dubiously failed 3 times. Notably South Africa on both occasions defended in away games. The Sydney game is my favourite.
TIL that, South Africa and Ghana my own beloved country are the only two African countries that produce gold in large quantities enough to be among the top 10 world gold producers in positions of 9th and 8th respectively. With China, Australia and Russia proudly toping the list from 2010 to 2018. youtu.be/h9NNu5W_tAw
Australia is one of seven countries that Forbes says is the "most likely to suffer a debt crisis" within the next three years. China, whose economy has faltered in the past two years, comes No. 1 on the list of seven. Sweden, Hong Kong, South Korea, Canada and Norway complete the list. theage.com.au/business/th…
Along with the platypus, the echidna is a member of the monotremes, an order of egg-laying mammals found in Australia. Females lay a single leathery egg into her pouch and after ten days the baby echidna, called a puggle, hatches.
The mountain pygmy possum (Burramys parvus) is Australia's only exclusively alpine mammal. Only 2,000 of them are found across three mountain ranges, and climate change is a major threat to their environment.
The Pangolin is the world's most heavily trafficked mammal for its meat and keratin scales that are thought to have medicinal value.To conserve its species,it has recently been given the highest level of protection by the forestry authority in China and was removed from the traditional medicine list
South Australia records three new cases of COVID-19, including two cases of community transmission abc.net.au/news/2021-12-0…
Australia accused of trying to block Unesco process that could put Great Barrier Reef in danger list | Great Barrier Reef theguardian.com/environme…
Man goes 140 km/h into the back of a Ute in South Australia v.redd.it/4t5dojvbs8171
Drone stalking several women in rural Port Lincoln community part of growing list of UAV concerns | A group of women living in a rural setting near Port Lincoln on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula have been woken at night by a drone looking into their homes. abc.net.au/news/2017-11-0…
TIL Professor Chris Dickman, said that each day cats are killing over 3.1 million mammals, 1.8 million reptiles and 1.3 million birds in Australia. On average each pet cat kills about 75 animals per year, but many of these kills are never witnessed by their owners nespthreatenedspecies.edu…
The Monito Del Monte is a peculiar "living fossil" mammal native to South America. It is the only living animal in the order Microbiotheria, and its closest living relatives inhabit Australia and are separated by 46 million years since the two continents separated from Antarctica.
Hedgehogs could be extinct within a generation in the U.K., campaigners warn, with calls for the government to act before it's too late. They are among a quarter of mammals that have been placed on an official "red list" of endangered species in the country, the first of its kind. newsweek.com/hedgehogs-ex…
Domestic cats in Australia are killing an estimated 230m native birds, reptiles and mammals every year, according to new research funded by the government's program. Dr Legge, lead author author of the study: – if we want native wildlife in our towns and cities, keep pet cats contained. theguardian.com/environme…
Free tanks? Due to the Pacific’s geography, many armored vehicles were left behind. However, the Matilda is actually in Australia, but I think it’s in the scrapyard for the same reason. List of vehicles in comments. reddit.com/gallery/r9uvn5
Granastrapotherium snorki, a 3.5 ton ungulate mammal from the Late Miocene of South America. This species and it’s relatives had features that made them appear to have evolved convergently with proboscideans.
Australia: New South Wales Police Force, Tactical Operations Unit, arrest of kidnappers November 2021. [1395x1801]
TIL that scientists came together in a unique study that observed exactly 1,893 dogs pooping among 37 different breeds of dog, and found that dogs have "magnetoreception". Apparently while they are calm, they poop facing north or south. Quite a few other mammals do this too. theguardian.com/news/data…
List of current servers: EU West, EU East, US West, US East, Russia, South Africa, Australia, SE Asia, South America, Peru, Chile, India, and Dubai. WAIT! India? where are you? imgur.com/UNvgZhi
TIL that South America was once inhabited by giant sloths (Megatherium). It weighed up to 4 tonnes (similar to a present day elephant) and on its hind legs it would have stood 3.5m (12ft), which make it the largest bipedal mammal of all time. It lived from ca 400'000 ago until ca 8'000 ago. nhm.ac.uk/discover/what-w…
The Bramble Cay Melomys is the perhaps the first mammal to go extinct because of climate change in the modern era. Some time between 2009 and 2014 the last of this species died, probably drowning in a storm surge on an island off the coast of Australia where it had thrived for thousands of years.
Australia in 'extinction calamity' - Australia has lost one in ten of its native mammals species over the last 200 years. No other nation has had such a high rate of loss of land mammals over this time period, according to scientists at Charles Darwin University, Australia. bbc.com/news/science-envi…
A new species of mammal discovered in Australia. It was thought there was 1 species of greater glider but there are 3. Greater gliders possum-sized marsupial that live in tree hollows during the day and gliding up 100 m to get to eucalyptus leaves. Images: JOSH BOWELL via The Sunday Morning Herald reddit.com/gallery/jqb9xb
After the news that platypuses are biofluorescent under UV light, Western Australian Museum curator of Mammalogy Kenny Travouillon and biologist Linette Umbrello began testing mammals in their collection. Adding to the list wombats, echidnas, bandicoots and bilbies all glow under UV. sciencealert.com/it-s-not…
The Bramble Cay Melomys is the perhaps the first mammal to go extinct because of climate change in the modern era. Some time between 2009 and 2014 the last of this species died, probably drowning in a storm surge on an island off the coast of Australia where it had thrived for thousands of years.
Fun Fact: The Bramble Cay Melomys is the perhaps the first mammal to go extinct because of the climate change in the modern era. Some time between 2009 and 2014 the last of this species died, probably drowning in a storm surge on an island off the coast of Australia where it had thrived for eons.
Nearly two million reptiles slaughtered every day by Australia’s cat population, including several species under threat of extinction. Feral animals and pets posing major threat to nation's unique native wildlife, and have already been implicated in total loss of at least 20 mammals. independent.co.uk/environ…
TIL the Bramble Cay Melomys is among the first mammals to disappear because of failure to adapt in the modern era. Some time between 2009 and 2014 the last of this species died, probably drowning in a storm surge on an island off the coast of Australia where it had thrived for thousands of years. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bra…
