#bushrat — Public Fediverse posts
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It is time to save the bush rat
"Australia is home to about 50 living species of rats that have adapted to its environments over thousands if not millions of years."
"Dr Finnerty said in the case of the bush rat it had multiple roles including as ecosystem engineers.We know them to be really good pollinators, especially of our banksias. They're good at moving seeds and eating seeds ... they're really good dispersers of fungi spores, the mushrooms that are so key to our ecosystems."
"They're really good at kicking out black rats."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2026-02-28/smelly-bush-rat-towels-sydney-urban-rewilding/106368332
#biodiversity #BushRat #RattusFuscipes #BlackRats #rats #owls #goannas -
It is time to save the bush rat
"Australia is home to about 50 living species of rats that have adapted to its environments over thousands if not millions of years."
"Dr Finnerty said in the case of the bush rat it had multiple roles including as ecosystem engineers.We know them to be really good pollinators, especially of our banksias. They're good at moving seeds and eating seeds ... they're really good dispersers of fungi spores, the mushrooms that are so key to our ecosystems."
"They're really good at kicking out black rats."
>>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2026-02-28/smelly-bush-rat-towels-sydney-urban-rewilding/106368332
#biodiversity #BushRat #RattusFuscipes #BlackRats #rats #owls #goannas -
It is time to save the bush rat
"Australia is home to about 50 living species of rats that have adapted to its environments over thousands if not millions of years."
"Dr Finnerty said in the case of the bush rat it had multiple roles including as ecosystem engineers.We know them to be really good pollinators, especially of our banksias. They're good at moving seeds and eating seeds ... they're really good dispersers of fungi spores, the mushrooms that are so key to our ecosystems."
"They're really good at kicking out black rats."
>>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2026-02-28/smelly-bush-rat-towels-sydney-urban-rewilding/106368332
#biodiversity #BushRat #RattusFuscipes #BlackRats #rats #owls #goannas -
It is time to save the bush rat
"Australia is home to about 50 living species of rats that have adapted to its environments over thousands if not millions of years."
"Dr Finnerty said in the case of the bush rat it had multiple roles including as ecosystem engineers.We know them to be really good pollinators, especially of our banksias. They're good at moving seeds and eating seeds ... they're really good dispersers of fungi spores, the mushrooms that are so key to our ecosystems."
"They're really good at kicking out black rats."
>>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2026-02-28/smelly-bush-rat-towels-sydney-urban-rewilding/106368332
#biodiversity #BushRat #RattusFuscipes #BlackRats #rats #owls #goannas -
It is time to save the bush rat
"Australia is home to about 50 living species of rats that have adapted to its environments over thousands if not millions of years."
"Dr Finnerty said in the case of the bush rat it had multiple roles including as ecosystem engineers.We know them to be really good pollinators, especially of our banksias. They're good at moving seeds and eating seeds ... they're really good dispersers of fungi spores, the mushrooms that are so key to our ecosystems."
"They're really good at kicking out black rats."
>>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2026-02-28/smelly-bush-rat-towels-sydney-urban-rewilding/106368332
#biodiversity #BushRat #RattusFuscipes #BlackRats #rats #owls #goannas -
I checked the wildlife camera and it seems we've had some of our local wildlife pop by in the wee hours of the mornings lately.
A Swamp Wallaby and its Joey feeding on grass seeds:
And one of our very cute native Bush Rats bounding about:
#AustralianWildlife #WildOz #SwampWallaby #BushRat #marsupial #macropod #rodent #video