Thu, 23 Feb 2023 17:23:31 +1100
Katarina Achkar <katarinaachkar [at] gmail.com>
Hi Andrew please take me off the email list
Tried unsubscribing a few times but hasn’t worked
Thank you
Kat
On Thu, 23 Feb 2023 at 13:40, Andrew Pam <xanni@glasswings.com.au> wrote:
Tried unsubscribing a few times but hasn’t worked
Thank you
Kat
On Thu, 23 Feb 2023 at 13:40, Andrew Pam <xanni@glasswings.com.au> wrote:
https://archive.md/VZEPi@katarinaachkarartist
"It was a fine place for a spot of sport. For 200 years, uninhabited
Phillip Island was overrun by pigs, goats and rabbits introduced by
British officers overseeing the penal settlement at Norfolk Island,
seven kilometres of rough seas away.
Known as the Uluru of the Pacific for its steep valleys and slopes of
red rock bare of anything but hip-breaking scree, its feral animal
invaders had razed everything on Phillip.
They destroyed the habitat of everything from tiny snails to a giant
bird-eating centipede unique to the island.
They ate the reptiles, including geckos and skinks. And they felled
plants and trees, robbing the island of places for seabirds like the
Kermadec petrel to roost or nest.
“There was not a scrap of vegetation left. All the topsoil washed away,
there was very little for the plants to cling on to,” says Mark Scott, a
local guide and citizen scientist who has been working to propagate some
plants – such as the island’s hibiscus – that were down to the last
specimen.
“It is an amazing place, a myriad of colours, reds, oranges,” he says."
Via Future Crunch:
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https://futurecrunch.com/good-news-tropical-diseases-womens-china-miyawaki-amazon/
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
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