SIGN THE PETITION!
Save the last small-marsupial of our basalt grasslands... the dunnies!
#fattaileddunnarts #dunnarty #WildOz #grasslands #basaltgrasslands #threatenedspecies #conservation #marsupials
grassyplains.net.au/Save-our-Dunniโฆ
The #fattaileddunnarts and I featured in this month's edition of Park Watch magazine! They are the 1999th Vulnerable species in Victoria, recognised because I noticed, and worked really hard to make other people notice too โค๏ธ๐๐ณ
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#threatenedspecies
Hiiiii ๐ from the #grasslands . I'm continually amazed by how such amazing little #animals live in such harsh and vast #landscapes . The #fattaileddunnarts evaded us this #fieldwork trip but we met some lovely herps and birds ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ
#WomenInSTEM #phdlife #conservation
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Looking for a student interested in #ecology and #genetics to pursue a #PhDproject or #Mastersproject at BioSciences UniMelb looking for remnant populations of #fattaileddunnarts around Victoria, and assessing #populationgenetics .
#PhDopportunity
1/2 Today the Victorian SAC announced final recommendation and support of my nomination to increase #conservation status of #fattaileddunnarts to โVulnerableโ in Victoria, and statutory inclusion on the FFG Act on the grounds that I have satisfied two IUCN criteria
And the award for most dramatic goes to...
(He was in torpor and threw quite the tantrum when woken up) ๐๐
#fattaileddunnarts #mammalwatching #carnivorousmarsupials #ecology #zoology #WomenInSTEM #fieldwork
1/2 Look Twitter! I took a brief intermission from #carnivorous #marsupials to look at placental #carnivores ! #Fattaileddunnarts vs #wolves ... can you imagine?
Carnivore #skulls and #endocranialvolume often show the same trends in #captivity โฆ but we found something different! ๐บ
Did you know #numbats have 50-52 teeth, which is more than any other Australian land mammal? Their #carnivorous cousins the #fattaileddunnarts aren't far behind, with 46! (I counted this morning) ๐คฃ๐ฆท
๐ธNumbat - Perth Zoo
๐ธDunnarts - me!
#WildOz #marsupials #dasyurids
It's #MyScienceMay ! My name is Millie and I'm a final year #PhD candidate at La Trobe University, interested in what changes during #captivebreeding that can influence #reintroduction success of #fattaileddunnarts . I'm also a #tasmaniandevil #zookeeper with Zoos Victoria.
I ๐ #dasyurids !
Honours position for a fabulous project in geometric morphometrics available with Vera Weisbecker (she/her on Kaurna land)! Please contact for further details.
#geometricmorphometrics #developmentalbiology #honours #zoology #morphology #evolution #evodevo #fattaileddunnarts #AusMammals #WildOz #dasyurids
Shh, donโt tell the #mammal people, but I spent last week at AustralianSocietyHerpetologists #ASH22 and loved it! While looking for #fattaileddunnarts in the #basaltgrasslands , I found A LOT of little whip #snakes , so I collected seasonal data on their #habitat preferences! #elapids #WomenInSTEM
My first #PhD chapter has been #publishedin2021 in #AustralianJournalofZoology ! This manuscript supports my application for increased #conservation status of #fattaileddunnarts in Victoria and inclusion on the FFG. La Trobe Researchers #phdlife #WomenInScience The Australian Mammal Society
Forever searching for #fattaileddunnarts , particularly now that lockdown has lifted! When one studies #nocturnal animals , one must also become #nocturnal ! Thank you to Dr Marissa Parrott for the #fieldwork photo!๐
#spotlighting #WomenInScience #carnivorousmarsupials #ecology #phdlife
This slide of Rachel Mason ๐ฟ๐๐ณ๏ธโ๐ at #ams2023 was the first time I have seen #fattaileddunnarts mentioned as a #threatened species since I got them listed as #threatened , and it's because she found them in BOTH #invasivespecies fox and cat scat ๐ญ
#dunnarty #conservation #marsupials
Looking forward to my Australasian Society of the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASSAB) Animal Behaviour - Australasia online Conference presentation Friday! The dunnarts and I will see you there! #behaviour #cognition #conservation #WomenInSTEM #reintroductionbiology #fattaileddunnarts #personality
So excited to talk about fat-tailed dunnarts and the challenges they face across the Victorian grasslands in the Wimmera Biodiversity Seminar series Wimmera Biodiversity Seminar
Thursday! #basaltgrasslands #grasslandfauna #conservation #smallmammals #fattaileddunnarts
Thank you for featuring my #PhD #research in the Research Centre for Future Landscapes e-News!
'Knowledge and solutions to create healthy landscapes for people and nature' La Trobe University La Trobe Researchers #futurelandscapes #conservation #fattaileddunnarts #marsupials #threatenedspecies
Thank you Breakfasters 3RRR 3rrrfm for hosting me to chat about my beloved #fattaileddunnarts this morning! It is so exciting to see more and more people caring about #conservation of the last small #marsupial of our Victorian #grasslands , now a #threatenedspecies ๐ฅน๐
#dunnarty
