wildlife researcher fire stopped. kangaroo island wildlife researcher pat - fire stopped. kangaroo island. wildlife researcher pat hodgins remembers the fear which gripped him in the days which followed. tt gripped him in the days which followed. ., , , , gripped him in the days which followed. , , . ., followed. it was pretty clear to us the followed. it was pretty clear to us the impacts followed. it was pretty clear to us the impacts for - to us the impacts for threatened species on the island was going to be pretty massive. if you see just the fire ripping through the habitat and taking everything away, it is like a massive habitat loss, just like that, the click of a heartbeat, really. the dunart is pretty distinctive. it runs along here, in front of this camera trap, and the camera will detect the movement and then take a series of photos. hand take a series of photos. and this was what take a series of photos. and this was what worried him the most. the fate of the endan
mainland 10,000 years ago, it lies at the coast of sa, and is the country s third largest island. scientists say the interaction between plants and animals here provides a biological window into the past, a kind of noah s ark of australian wildlife. but with the island s i bridge soils are magnified lightning, the cataclysmic events of australia s black summer conspired against it. almost half the island around 200,000 hectares burnt. half the island - around 200,000 hectares - burnt. here we are coming 200,000 hectares - burnt. here we are coming up 200,000 hectares - burnt. here we are coming up to 200,000 hectares - burnt. here we are coming up to the - 200,000 hectares - burnt. here we are coming up to the area i we are coming up to the area where the fire burned through, just up around here. then it left these little patches of unborn vegetation here was nowhere right on the edge where fire stopped. nowhere right on the edge where fire stopped- fire stopped. kangaroo isl