{"id":127843,"date":"2020-12-07T12:19:23","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T09:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/adorable-pygmy-possum-decimated-by-bushfires-found-on-australian-island\/"},"modified":"2020-12-07T12:19:23","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T09:19:23","slug":"adorable-pygmy-possum-decimated-by-bushfires-found-on-australian-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/adorable-pygmy-possum-decimated-by-bushfires-found-on-australian-island\/","title":{"rendered":"#Adorable pygmy possum, decimated by bushfires, found on Australian island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Adorable pygmy possum, decimated by bushfires, found on Australian island<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/pygmy-possum.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Conservationists have made a very tiny, but highly heartening discovery on a South Australian island that was ravaged by bushfires last summer \u2014 a lone, surviving pygmy possum.<\/p>\n<p>The miniature mammals \u2014 smaller than an adult\u2019s thumb \u2014 had been feared to have been wiped out in bushfires that had ravaged Kangaroo Island, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2020\/dec\/07\/little-pygmy-possum-found-on-kangaroo-island-after-fears-of-decimation-in-bushfire?utm_term=Autofeed&amp;CMP=twt_gu&amp;utm_medium&amp;utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1607329419\">The Guardian reported<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis capture is the first documented record of the species surviving post-fire,\u201d ecologist Pat Hodgens told the paper.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fire did burn through 88 percent of the species\u2019 predicted range,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>Hodgens\u2019 group, the Kangaroo Island Land for Wildlife, released the caputured creature back into the still-recovering bushland. <\/p>\n<p>Ecologists believe he is not the only pygmy possum out there. But Hodgens warns, \u201cThey\u2019re still not out of the woods because right now, they\u2019re at their most vulnerable. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the bushland regenerates, they\u2019re still very exposed to natural and introduced predators,\u201d including feral cats, he said.\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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