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'Hidden in the undergrowth on the southern tip of South Australia's windswept
Yorke Peninsula, an army of tiny engineers is helping to restore biodiversity
to a landscape ravaged by land clearing and feral predators.
These wildlife warriors are brush-tailed bettongs, known as Yalgiri to the
Nharangga people.
After being driven to extinction in the area, they have been reintroduced as
part of an ambitious project to help nature heal itself.
"A brush-tailed bettong is an ecosystem engineer," ecologist Claire
Hartvigsen-Power said.
"Which is a fancy way of saying it does some pretty great things in its
ecosystem through its natural behaviours."
A bettong is a small, hopping marsupial with big black eyes and soft grey fur
that ends in a curved tail, which they use to carry soft leaves, grasses and
other bedding material back to their nests.
It is hoped reintroducing them into Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park will be
a step towards a self-sustaining recovery for the local ecosystem.'
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
