Heartwarming article, but this bit is pretty sobering.

Dr Kita Ashman, a WWF conservation scientist, said:

We returned to a site in Tallaganda State Forest after logging and there was one tree left in this entire area of forest. And I watched a glider come out and not have anywhere to go. To see an endangered species come out of a tree hollow and just stare into the distance because there's nothing left, that's devastating, that's gut wrenching.

But I am really hopeful that collaborations like this, and the amazing work that so many people are doing, can turn the tide for greater gliders.

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[–] [S] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

They're good lookin little critter aren't they! 😄

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    This photo doesn't even do justice to the beauty of this marsupial. I had the privilege of seeing one up close last year.

    The word critter (which I sometimes use myself) is pretty reductive really. It's like we relegate all wildlife to an indiscriminate lot, whereas each and every single one is as unique as we are (and aren't we 'critters' too?).

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 8 months ago

    I think the word critter has taken a level of cuteness into it's meaning. I see it used less for cockroaches, for example, than I do for small bush animals, like I used it for Greater Gliders.

    Of course i suppose the impersonal nature of the word is why we don't use it much for animals we have acertain closeness to, such as humans, or dogs and cats.

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