In honour of #ThreatenedSpeciesDay we’re delighted to share both our first post on BlueSky & the first of a series of videos that together tell the story of the beautiful & #criticallyendangered #GilbertsPotoroo.
Please follow along to see a new chapter each week 😊
#threatenedspecies #lostandfound

Chapter 2: Lost for 100 yrs then found
#GilbertsPotoroo was rediscovered at #TwoPeoplesBay on Dec 1st 1994, having last been recorded in the 1870s & thought extinct since 1909. Much has happened in the past nearly 31 years, a lot of ups & downs & hard work by many people, but it’s still hanging on

Incredibly privileged to have been part of the #GilbertsPotoroo journey almost since the beginning (April 1996) and to be sharing my life with @lwhisson.bsky.social who actually was there on “rediscovery day”. #LostAndFound #LazarusSpecies #CriticallyEndangered #ThreatenedSpecies

Chapter 3: What’s the Big Deal?
Why save a small fungi eater? With a diet of >90% native truffles, #GilbertsPotoroo is one of the 2 most fungi-dependent mammals in the world. Its digging helps aerate soil, improves water penetration & it spreads fungi spores that are critical for vegetation health.

I realised that I forgot to post a video of the best parrot for world parrot day! Here’s a digiscope vid of a flock of budgies in the wild - unequivocally the GOAT 👑💚

I wonder what the Threatened Species Commissioner makes of the Environment Minister being taken to court (again), this time because it's alleged they're in breach of environmental law.

We'll never know, because the TSC is toothless and more concerned with cakes.

theconversation.com/environment-...

From near extinction to the road to recovery, the recent history of the critically endangered Gilbert’s Potoroo has been documented by researchers in Pacific Conservation Biology.

#PacificConsBio
www.publish.csiro.au/PC/PC24103