Quokkas throw their babies at predators to escape, and other Australian animal myths
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MarMarch 2021 at 5:10am
The accusation that quokkas throw their babies at predators to escape has resurfaced as a meme online.
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We ve got bunnies with pouches, black swans and mammals that lay eggs.
So it s probably no wonder that some fake animal facts have snuck their way into our faunal folklore.
To help clear things up a bit, here are five curly and not-so-curly tales that need setting straight.
A meme that has resurfaced online, suggesting quokkas are bad parents .
Aurora Expeditions celebrated International Women s Day on March 8 with an important tribute.
The expedition company specializing in nature cruises around the world is dedicating its new, purpose-built ship to marine biologist, oceanographer, and explorer Dr. Sylvia Earle, according to
Travel Weekly. Each deck of the ship will also be dedicated to other influential female conservationists. Sylvia Earle
Earle s contributions to exploration, conservation, and science has spanned decades,
Travel Weekly reported. Not only was she the first female chief scientist of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, but she has also worked with National Geographic since 1998. Female scientists are leading the way in global conservation initiatives and we want to honour these five extraordinary women who work tirelessly to make the world a better place, Aurora Expeditions CEO Monique Ponfoort said in a statement. The scientists we have chosen are in
March 9, 2021 at 6:00 am
When Isabel Hyman heads out in coming weeks to the wilds of northern New South Wales, she’s worried about what she
won’t find. Fifteen years ago, the malacologist or mollusk scientist with the Australian Museum made an incredible discovery among the limestone outcrops there: a tiny, 3-millimeter-long snail, with a ribbed, dark golden-brown shell, that was new to science.
Subsequently named after her husband, Hugh Palethorpe, Palethorpe’s pinwheel snail (
Rhophodon palethorpei) “is only known from a single location, at the Kunderang Brook limestone outcrops in Werrikimbe National Park,” she says. Now it may become known for a different, more devastating distinction: It is one of hundreds of species that experts fear have been pushed close to, or right over, the precipice of extinction by the wildfires that blazed across more than 10 million hectares of southeastern Australia in the summer of 2019–2020.
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Australia’s award-winning expedition operator, Aurora Expeditions, is celebrating International Women’s Day 2021 by dedicating its new expedition ship to five of the world’s leading female conservationists.
Launching in November 2021, the new purpose-built ship,
Sylvia Earle, is named after the renowned marine biologist, oceanographer and explorer Dr Sylvia Earle.
In a world-first, each of the vessel’s public decks will bear the names of other pioneering female conservationists Dr Carden Wallace, Joanna Ruxton, Sharon Kwok and Bernadette Demientieff, along with a deck dedicated to Dr Earle herself.
“Female scientists are leading the way in global conservation initiatives and we want to honour these five extraordinary women who work tirelessly to make the world a better place,” Aurora Expeditions CEO Monique Ponfoort said.
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