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"I thought convincing my husband of the merits of my returning to study just as
he had retired would be a very tricky sell. So his enthusiasm for the idea
caught me by surprise.
He helpfully suggested several interesting topics: sea turtles, dugongs and
coral reefs. If it involved a boat in a warm climate, he was behind me 100%.
But if you are going to dedicate three and a half years to studying a single
topic, it really needs to excite you, and my interest in gut bacteria and
health won out. Much to my hubby’s dismay, I chose to immerse myself in the
subject of marsupial poo – and in retaliation he started calling me Dr Poo.
Fortunately, I am not alone in my faecal fetish. As any wildlife carer can tell
you, monitoring what comes out of an animal is a vital part of keeping an eye
on its health.
So when I set out to find volunteers to collect poo from wild and captive
marsupials – specifically eastern grey kangaroos, swamp wallabies, red-necked
wallabies, bare-nosed wombats, and ringtail and brushtail possums – over an
area from Queensland to Tasmania, it was mainly wildlife carers who answered
the call."
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
