quality isn't as high as this is a still from video I took yesterday as Valentine moved through an area marking every tree with the scent gland on his chest
TRULY thrilling news for the marsupials reading this newsletter: A chlamydia vaccine has been approved for koalas, which should curb the harmful impacts of the disease among the Australian cuties.
Though it took 10 years to develop, the vaccine has already been shown to reduce symptoms of the illness by 65% in wild koalas. The disease has torn through the wild koala population, but a single dose of this vaccine could save these cuddly angels from blindness, infertility and even death. Koalas really needed this win — here’s to generations of healthy koalas to come!
@robz ok, not every single tree lol but certainly marked his way along quite an area (I'm sure they can do more complex math than we realise he knew how many and how far apart to mark to send the correct message lolol)
and yes - the behaviours when another male gets into 'his' trees is just fascinating!
TRULY thrilling news for the marsupials reading this newsletter: A chlamydia vaccine has been approved for koalas, which should curb the harmful impacts of the disease among the Australian cuties.
Though it took 10 years to develop, the vaccine has already been shown to reduce symptoms of the illness by 65% in wild koalas. The disease has torn through the wild koala population, but a single dose of this vaccine could save these cuddly angels from blindness, infertility and even death. Koalas really needed this win — here’s to generations of healthy koalas to come!
and yes - the behaviours when another male gets into 'his' trees is just fascinating!