both echidnas and goannas are our natural gardeners. so they re very, very good. they re both diggers, that means they are cultivating the soil, they are turning over the soil, and they are helping the natural environment actually spread. just days after the worst fires in living memory reduced much of the island s bushland to ash, dr rismiller discovered the first vital signs of recovery. immediately after the fire we still found invertebrate life. we still found the ants, we found the termites, we found the spiders. all of those were also food sources for other things. there were areas of refuge, areas that didn t burn, where animals did take refuge, so that there were areas that we have populations that were able to expand as the environment itself started to expand. the whole chemical powerhouse of the environment has changed post fire.
they re both diggers, that means they are cultivating the soil, they are turning over the soil, and they are helping the natural environment actually spread. just days after the worst fires in living memory reduced much of the island s bushland to ash, dr rismiller discovered the first vital signs of recovery. immediately after the fire we still found invertebrate life. we still found the ants, we found the termites, we found the spiders. all of those were also food sources for other things. there were areas of refuge, areas that didn t burn, where animals did take refuge, so that there were areas that we have populations that were able to expand as the environment itself started to expand. the whole chemical powerhouse of the environment has changed post fire.
dr peggy rismiller has been studying the wildlife of kangaroo island for more than 35 years, with a particularfocus the island s largest natural predator, the rosenberg s goanna, which can live several decades, and the short beaked echidna, an egg laying creature which is the world s oldest surviving mammal. everyone loves echidnas, and echidnas are really good in the environment. both echidnas and goannas are our natural gardeners. so they re very, very good. they re both diggers, that means they are cultivating the soil, they are turning over the soil, and they are helping the natural environment actually spread. just days after the worst fires in living memory reduced much of the island s bushland to ash, dr rismiller discovered the first vital signs of recovery. immediately after the fire we still found invertebrate life. we still found the ants, the termites, the spiders.
dr peggy rismiller has been studying the wildlife of kangaroo island for more than 35 years, with a particular focus on the island s largest natural predator, the rosenberg s goanna, which can live several decades, and the short beaked echidna, an egg laying creature which is the world s oldest surviving mammal. everyone loves echidnas, and echidnas are really good in the environment. both echidnas and goannas are our natural gardeners. so they re very, very good. they re both diggers, that means they are cultivating the soil, they are turning over the soil, and they are helping the natural environment actually spread. just days after the worst fires in living memory reduced much of the island s bushland to ash, dr rismiller discovered
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