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Australia@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

With just 315 northern hairy-nosed wombats left, conservationists are looking to map their underground homes

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With just 315 northern hairy-nosed wombats left, conservationists are looking to map their underground homes

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Australia@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

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Tunnel vision: Mapping the mysterious underground homes of 'the largest burrowing herbivore'

With only 315 of the marsupials left, conservationists are using subsurface mapping to investigate the wombats' burrows in a bid to find potential new habitats for the critically endangered species.

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So that they can finish the job, right?
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  I assumed it was so they could pat them.