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Australia & New Zealand have suffered 57 fauna extinctions in the past 200 years
Our amphibians, birds, reptiles and mammals remain at risk.
85 years ago today, Arthur Reid forgot to slide open the hatch linking Benjamin’s pen to his sleeping quarters and the last known Thylacine curled up under a clear Spring sky and died. Not just a life, an entire lineage gone into the night. Lest we forget #ThreatenedSpeciesDay https://twitter.com/ambervwilson/status/1435124784359116806
Colourised 4K footage has been released of Benjamin, the last-known living Tasmanian thylacine, at Hobart's Beaumaris Zoo.
Benjamin died 85 years ago today and his species declared extinct.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-07/tasmanian-tiger-footage-digitised-and-colourised/100439870?utm_campaign=news-article-share-next-actions-0&utm_content=twitter&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web
An exciting update on this thread 🧵
This study has climbed from 3rd most read to 1st in @RepFertDev🥇🥇🥇🥇
@UON_research @PerthZoo @FAUNAresearch https://twitter.com/docloc_/status/1409674193814265859
My study on #biobanking for #frog #captivebreeding in @RepFertDev is the 3rd most read in the last 60 days! 🥉
Time for a thread 🧵
Can #zoos produce frogs better suited for release to the wild which have cost less to breed? #Biobanking could be the answer!
Photo: @PerthZoo
Exciting new #PhD opportunity available in our research group. Work on a direct #frog #conservation project with awesome people, in awesome places, and with even more awesome species.
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#AcademicTwitter @UON_research @ASG_IUCN
My study on #biobanking for #frog #captivebreeding in @RepFertDev is the 3rd most read in the last 60 days! 🥉
Time for a thread 🧵
Can #zoos produce frogs better suited for release to the wild which have cost less to breed? #Biobanking could be the answer!
Photo: @PerthZoo
Great to see our research finally out, another chapter from @lachlan_gh PhD!
How #biobanking could save $ and boost genetics in Australian captive breeding programs! 🐸❄️
@UON_research @Rose_Upton1 @SimonClulow @JohnClulow1 @FAUNAresearch https://twitter.com/docloc_/status/1398074062572638211
Latest #research out #openaccess in @RepFertDev!
#Biobanking could help #zoos save vital #conservation dollars & boost genetics in captive #frogs!
🐸's produced with #biobanking will be cheaper $, less inbred & more suited for release to the #wild!
Detailed thread next week🧵 https://twitter.com/RepFertDev/status/1397385874032103426
Big shoutout to the #research team @Rose_Upton1, @SimonClulow, @JohnClulow1, @DrRRwitt, @ConSCInet
And key collaborator orgs: @PerthZoo, @FAUNAresearch, @UON_research, @ConservationUon, @Macquarie_Uni, @UC_CCEG!
Another successful collaboration! 🐸❄️