Numbats must eat 20,000 termites a day, but warmer days might make that impossible
www.abc.net.au
New research shows numbats are overheating in high summer temperatures, and scientists suggest climate change could make things worse.

Oh no!

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
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    9 months ago

    gee, maybe people stealing fallen wood and logs from forests means they can’t find adequate shelter

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
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    9 months ago

    Nellie is in danger!

    There was one sentence in that article that I really have to question though: “The numbat’s stripes were not found to have any significant thermal impacts, despite being patterned like a barbecue grill.” Patterned like a bbq grill? What were they expecting, to find numbats can divert excess heat to the bbq grill on their backside to cook their termites for supper? 😂