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Judi Lynn

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Wed Dec 9, 2020, 08:52 AM Dec 2020

Little pygmy possum found on Australian island for first time since fires


Bushfires destroyed almost half the bushland on Australia’s Kangaroo Island last summer, devastating animal habitats.

Ecologists feared the island’s population of little pygmy possums – the world’s smallest possum species – had been wiped out, but a new discovery has given them hope.

Video by Isabelle Rodd

Published9 hours ago

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https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-australia-55240839
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Little pygmy possum found on Australian island for first time since fires (Original Post) Judi Lynn Dec 2020 OP
Cutest little thing. sinkingfeeling Dec 2020 #1
Oh, how cute they are! hlthe2b Dec 2020 #2
Awww! So cute!!! Rhiannon12866 Dec 2020 #3
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