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Dr Emily Scicluna 🌏 @drdunnart.bsky.social · Jul 2

🏆 #Animalwelfare Award for my continued commitment to improving welfare for our #fattaileddunnarts. #Captivemanagement of animals is a privilege, and every animal life is valued and respected. My efforts are supported by my incredible manager Andrew Pask and Colossal Biosciences.

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Dr Emily Scicluna 🌏 @drdunnart.bsky.social · Jun 29

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Dr Emily Scicluna 🌏 @drdunnart.bsky.social · Jun 29

Years ago a couple of our #dunnarts got #trichobezoars (hairballs) so preventative protocols were developed. 2000+ animals later, we haven't seen any more hairballs, so I helped #veterinarians publish this result, highlighting our commitment to our animals' health and #welfare 🙏

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Australian Mammal Society @ausmammals.bsky.social · Jun 24

#mammalfashion post two - this time the outfits and accessories- absolutely on point! 🐾🦇🐭 so many mammalogists shopping at #princesshighway and #dangerfield!

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Australian Mammal Society @ausmammals.bsky.social · Jun 25

Fashion off the field! The final day bought a gaggle of gliders with three of our fabulous mammalogists wearing various iterations! #mammalfashion #ausmamsoc25 #dangerfield #princesshighway #greaterglider

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Australian Mammal Society @ausmammals.bsky.social · Jun 25

Snorkelling dunnarts and toasty pookilas- great talks this morning from @drdunnart.bsky.social and Phoebe Burns on two of our smaller critters 🐭🐾 #ausmamsoc25

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Dr Emily Scicluna 🌏 @drdunnart.bsky.social · Jun 19

Oh my goodness, was this at the botanic gardens? I am doing the bird walk Saturday and would love SO MUCH to see a noisy pitta!!!!

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Dr Emily Scicluna 🌏 @drdunnart.bsky.social · Jun 18

Thank you so much Sarah! ❤️🙏

Dr Emily Scicluna 🌏 @drdunnart.bsky.social · Jun 16

First ever poster #presentation at #ICCB2025! Fat-tailed #dunnarts of the Victorian #grasslands are #threatened with #extinction
Sheep farming landscapes ✅️ Cropped landscapes ❌️
#climatechange is forcing Victorian farmers toward cropping = less #habitat for #native #fauna

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Dr Emily Scicluna 🌏 @drdunnart.bsky.social · Jun 12

Recent #research we #published! In non-fancy terms, this represents the first step for developing #marsupial IVF; working out how to collect high-quality eggs from female fat-tailed #dunnarts ✅
#assistedreproduction #reproduction

Dr Emily Scicluna 🌏 @drdunnart.bsky.social · May 21

Fresh #research paper out today! Long-term impacts of #captivity on #skull #morphology and #endocranial volume in fat-tailed #dunnarts 💀🐭
Captive skulls = significantly shorter basal + upper molar lengths, broader zygomatic widths and longer palate and toothrow lengths, compared with wild dunnarts.

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Australian Mammal Society @ausmammals.bsky.social · Apr 27

Less than a week to get your abstracts in for the 71st Annual Australian Mammal Society meeting! Get cracking - deadline Friday 2nd May!

Australian Mammal Society @ausmammals.bsky.social · Mar 28

📢🚨GET EXCITED! 🚨📢We're going to Toowoomba for the 71st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian Mammal Society. Abstracts and registrations are now open! Abstracts close 2nd May 2025, and early bird registration closes 23rd May 2025. #wildoz #mammals #ecology

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Dr Emily Scicluna 🌏 @drdunnart.bsky.social · Mar 3

It often is for me too actually, but this particular arid ecosystem the animals are a bit more hardy! What species did you work on?

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Dr Emily Scicluna 🌏 @drdunnart.bsky.social · Mar 3

Dig in day was fine with a top of 31 degrees but we have a 39 coming up in a few days so fingers crossed it doesn't tick to 40 otherwise we'll need to close our traps (for the safety of trapped animals)

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Dr Emily Scicluna 🌏 @drdunnart.bsky.social · Mar 3

Calperum Station #floodplains; "dig in" day is done!
Fingers crossed for dunnarts, planigale and amazing reptiles 🤞 #pitfalls #pitfalltrapping #surveying #ecology

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Dr Emily Scicluna 🌏 @drdunnart.bsky.social · Feb 24

FRONT COVER of February Dev. Dynamics! 📸Caleb McElrea
"Breeding fat-tailed #dunnarts in #captivity: Revised practices to minimize stress whilst maintaining considerations of wild biology": anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#scientist #research #wildlife #womeninstem

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Dr Emily Scicluna 🌏 @drdunnart.bsky.social · Feb 17

Nice size #easternbrownsnake skin in my tile grid today. Did you know you can sometimes identify a #snake to species based on its shed? EBs have 17 dorsal rows and a divided anal scale. Though I wouldn't suggest counting the anal scales on a live one 🤷‍♀️ 🐍
#fieldwork #ecology #grassland #womeninSTEM

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Dr Emily Scicluna 🌏 @drdunnart.bsky.social · Feb 14

Forgot to get a card? I got you covered! Show your loved one you care with one of my widely applicable and not-at-all-niche Valentine's messages 🥰💝💘

#fattaileddunnart #dunnart #marsupial #threatenedspecies #ValentinesDay #Valentines

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Dr Emily Scicluna 🌏 @drdunnart.bsky.social · Feb 12

This is just awesome 😍 #criticallyendangered #plainswanderer found in the western #basaltgrasslands for the first time in 30 years... a #habitat with <1% of original extent remaining (and the same #ecosystem #fattaileddunnarts call home!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Like finding gold’: plains-wanderers spotted in Melbourne’s west for first time in 30 years with help of AI

Critically endangered bird detected after analysis of tens of thousands of hours of song meter recordings

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Emily Scicluna 🌏 @drdunnart.bsky.social · Feb 11

Today is International Day of Women and Girls in #Science; adopted by the United Nations General Assembly to promote equal participation of #womeninSTEM. Grateful for my manager Prof. Andrew Pask, and all other mentors who provide a supportive and inclusive workplace for ALL #scientists.

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Dr Emily Scicluna 🌏 @drdunnart.bsky.social · Feb 3

Fresh publication alert! 🔥
"Breeding #fattaileddunnarts in #captivity: revised practices to minimise #stress whilst maintaining considerations of wild #biology".
#glucocorticoids #endocrinology #captivemanagement #marsupials doi.org/10.1002/dvdy...

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Dr Emily Scicluna 🌏 @drdunnart.bsky.social · Jan 15

That is devastating! :(

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Dr Emily Scicluna 🌏 @drdunnart.bsky.social · Jan 15

Specifically I'm trying to work out if they're more likely to cache larger prey compared to something mouse sized. It seems likely to me that if they can just gulp it down, that's what they'll do rather than cache, but it's just my thoughts rather than evidence based.

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Dr Emily Scicluna 🌏 @drdunnart.bsky.social · Jan 15

Where are our Australian #invasivespecies specialists at? Who works on #redfoxes and #feralcats? Got any references for evidence of #fox and #cat prey-caching behaviour for me? Are they likely to cache some items more than others?
Thank you! 🦊🐱

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Dr Emily Scicluna 🌏 @drdunnart.bsky.social · Dec 19

In a lab of ~70 people, I was absolutely chuffed to be voted 'Most Likely to Brighten your Day' and in recognition of my 'Ethical Compliance' 🥹🙏

#ethics #ethical #science #research

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