Greater bilby numbers soar through Taronga Western Plains Zoo
August 29, 2023 8:43 PM Subscribe
Greater bilby numbers soar through Taronga Western Plains Zoo rehabilitation program. The quest to save Australia's threatened greater bilby has been an amazing success at Taronga Western Plains Zoo where the population has jumped from 18 to 136 since 2019.
gotta love those bilby numbers
posted by Ten Cold Hot Dogs at 12:40 AM on August 30, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by Ten Cold Hot Dogs at 12:40 AM on August 30, 2023 [2 favorites]
Hooray! Even more adorably pointy marsupials!
posted by Fuchsoid at 1:02 AM on August 30, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by Fuchsoid at 1:02 AM on August 30, 2023 [1 favorite]
đ”Bilbys, donât lose those numbersâŠđ”
posted by GenjiandProust at 3:58 AM on August 30, 2023 [4 favorites]
posted by GenjiandProust at 3:58 AM on August 30, 2023 [4 favorites]
Yay bilbies! That's lovely news.
posted by EvaDestruction at 5:37 AM on August 30, 2023
posted by EvaDestruction at 5:37 AM on August 30, 2023
I've been really enjoying the series of posts about environmental issues and recovery in Australia, thank you for the work to post these.
posted by Dip Flash at 6:37 AM on August 30, 2023 [6 favorites]
posted by Dip Flash at 6:37 AM on August 30, 2023 [6 favorites]
Just look at those cute little fucks.
They are invited to the Quolls Dance Party.
posted by Windopaene at 7:37 AM on August 30, 2023 [2 favorites]
They are invited to the Quolls Dance Party.
posted by Windopaene at 7:37 AM on August 30, 2023 [2 favorites]
Greater Greater Bilby numbers. Great!
posted by justsomebodythatyouusedtoknow at 7:54 AM on August 30, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by justsomebodythatyouusedtoknow at 7:54 AM on August 30, 2023 [1 favorite]
My sonâs been watching a behind the scenes at the Taronga zoo documentary and itâs been neat seeing updates on things filmed in 2019/2020 which are already showing success. Thanks for this series of posts - itâs a nice counterpart to a lot of the news to be reminded that humans can do a lot to reverse the problems we made.
posted by adamsc at 9:25 AM on August 30, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by adamsc at 9:25 AM on August 30, 2023 [2 favorites]
Hey, I went to school with Bilby Numbers - good ol' Bill! (just good, not great)
posted by Greg_Ace at 9:29 AM on August 30, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by Greg_Ace at 9:29 AM on August 30, 2023 [1 favorite]
This is such happy-making news! đ„č
posted by kitten kaboodle at 10:18 AM on August 30, 2023
posted by kitten kaboodle at 10:18 AM on August 30, 2023
Holy crow, that's an amazing turnaround! I follow the takahÄ and kÄkÄpĆ recovery efforts in NZ, and it took them many years to hit that point. This was the kind of news story I needed to see today.
posted by rednikki at 11:47 AM on August 30, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by rednikki at 11:47 AM on August 30, 2023 [2 favorites]
I'm having happy filthy breeding thoughts about cute lil rat-bunny-possum bilbies, have a lovely party!
To echo adamsc, above, thanks for the positive posts.
posted by winesong at 3:50 PM on August 30, 2023
To echo adamsc, above, thanks for the positive posts.
posted by winesong at 3:50 PM on August 30, 2023
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