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"On the vast expanse of the Nullarbor Plain in South Australia, two very
different creatures live side by side – but not always peacefully.
One is the southern hairy-nosed wombat, a slow-moving nocturnal digger that
loves its underground burrows. The other is the European rabbit: a small and
speedy invader that has spread across the continent, often wreaking
environmental havoc and creating its own networks of tunnels.
How do we know where these semi-subterranean creatures live, and how many there
are? The answer is from the sky.
In new research published in
Australian Mammalogy, we show a way to detect
wombats and rabbits using satellites that take pictures of our planet from
space. By studying high-resolution images from the likes of Google Earth and
Bing Maps, we can spot the telltale signs of the burrows and warrens these
creatures dig into the ground."
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
