Poor pangolins ball up to survive predation but not poaching #imc12

Carly Waterman discussing the worlds most trafficked #mammal, pangolins at #IMC12 #illegalwildlifetrade #wildlifecrime

#IMC12 Leonie Valentine: seedlings grown in spoil from diggings grow faster, taller, wider & have more mycorrhizal fungi than in undug soil

Fantastic work by Leonie Valentine - plants grow faster and bigger in spoil heaps from bandicoot diggings! #IMC12

#IMC12 Leonie Valentine: small diggings cover nearby leaf litter w soil - changes litter decomposition rates & structure - may reduce fuel loads

#imc12 Alistair Evans showing that inhibition improves coordination, at least in teeth and occluding triplets

#IMC12 Leonie Valentine Australia's digging mammals are more likely to be of conservation concern = loss of ecological function across Australia

Leonie Valentine - loss of digging mammals has had a profound influence on Australia's ecosystems #IMC12. Rabbits are not surrogates.

#IMC12 Leonie Valentine: research suggests that rabbits are not ecologically equivalent to native digging mammals

7tons pangolin scales shipped from Nigeria to China in May17 shows global "scale" of the pangolin crisis Carly Waterman IUCN PangolinSG #imc12

Carly Waterman highlighting the need to develop reference databases for #wildlifeforensic science on Pangolins #IMC12

Loss of diggers across AU has had big impacts on fire, flora and soils, and diggers more likely to be endangered #imc12

Marissa Parrott Dr Marissa Parrott: 100% breeding success of released Mountain Pygmy Possum females! Nice work Zoos Victoria #IMC12

Quendas move up to 4000kg of soil a year. Get out. #imc12 Leonie Valentine Prof. Euan Ritchie (@euanritchie.bsky.social) @TimDoherty_

#imc12 Leonie Valentine Fantastic summary of the effects of #quenda diggings on water infiltration, nutrients, litter size/decomposition & more

#IMC12 mice restricted to marshes found to eat a range of plants, don't assume you know what a species needs before you study it! Smith

Carly Waterman highlighting the plight of the amazing pangolins #imc12

Importance of citizen science Michelle Power - Michelle Power #imc12

#IMC12 Leigh-Ann Woolley Australia has experienced decades of mammal declines, but until 10 years ago we thought Northern Territory was ok

Last coffee in #Perth & heading back to Sydney! Bye #IMC12 it was great. Thanks Perth & the original inhabitants for their beautiful land