Koalas are functionally extinct

[rj144]

This may be old news, but I just saw this:

"As historic droughts and brushfires sweep across Australia, koala populations have been decimated, according to some reports.

Deborah Tabart, the chairman of the Australian Koala Foundation, estimated that over 1,000 koalas have been killed from the fires, and as much as 80 percent of their habitat has been destroyed, Forbes reported.

The organization predicted that the Koala population was “functionally extinct” in May, when it estimated that there were fewer than 80,000 koalas left in the wild – prior to the recent casualties – the BBC reported. An animal is “functionally extinct” if it has so few pairs that it is unlikely to produce a new generation."

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brie...ralian-koala-population-hit-as-wildfires-rage

That sucks. They are cute little guys.

 

[fungi]

Sucks.

 

[OhBam]

Australians are the fucking worst at tracking that shit, to be fair. So many goddamn extinct animals running around that hellscape.

 

[TribalDrumz]

Australians are the fucking worst at tracking that shit, to be fair. So many goddamn extinct animals running around that hellscape.

Australia Zoo is breeding them with very little results. The babies are called “joeys” and they have to hope their males breed with all the females . Then they have to check to see if there’s even a little Joey in the pouch.

They are so fragile !

 

[LHWBelt]

Fewer than 80k means functionally extinct? They just gotta get to plowing and they'll be good.

 

[IloveTHIS]

80k is a shitton

Get ta bangin

 

[Gutter Chris]

Australia Zoo is breeding them with very little results. The babies are called “joeys” and they have to hope their males breed with all the females . Then they have to check to see if there’s even a little Joey in the pouch.

They are so fragile !

Bindy is hot and it was sad when one of the twins died

 

[TribalDrumz]

Bindy is hot and it was sad when one of the twins died

Whole family is amazing. They are doing so much for animal conservation. Australia marcupials are underrated , especially the Wombat!

 

[Son Ov Timett]

They wouldn't be functionally extinct if the males actually porked their spouses. Poor little gal just wanted to get straddled on a Eucalyptus, but her cantankerous mate rather watch BangBros.

 

[TribalDrumz]

freaking Thylacine though. RIP

 

[Nigelbro]

They also carry chlamydia which makes it even more difficult to reproduce. It messes with the females reproductive organs.
On top of that, they have a very selective diet (gum leaves) which contains very little nutritional content and renders them overly docile. They don’t even have any real natural predators so apart from being “cute” they are good for fuck all.

 

[davidlemonparty]

Whole family is amazing. They are doing so much for animal conservation. Australia marcupials are underrated , especially the Wombat!

@Mortal Wombat
@Combat Wombatt

 

[DrVanNostrand]

 

[Mortal Wombat]

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@Combat Wombatt

 

[Mortal Wombat]

Wait where the fuck am I? The Mayberry Lounge? What the fuck is that?

 

[davidlemonparty]

Wait where the fuck am I? The Mayberry Lounge? What the fuck is that?

It's mostly a "Dear Diary" service for guys struggling to come out of the closet.

 

[Mortal Wombat]

It's mostly a "Dear Diary" service for guys struggling to come out of the closet.

I will see myself to the door.......

 

[elreece]

Bullshit there is plenty of the fuckers.

 

[davidlemonparty]

I will see myself to the door.......

Hang around.
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[davidlemonparty]

This may be old news, but I just saw this:

"As historic droughts and brushfires sweep across Australia, koala populations have been decimated, according to some reports.

Deborah Tabart, the chairman of the Australian Koala Foundation, estimated that over 1,000 koalas have been killed from the fires, and as much as 80 percent of their habitat has been destroyed, Forbes reported.

The organization predicted that the Koala population was “functionally extinct” in May, when it estimated that there were fewer than 80,000 koalas left in the wild – prior to the recent casualties – the BBC reported. An animal is “functionally extinct” if it has so few pairs that it is unlikely to produce a new generation."

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brie...ralian-koala-population-hit-as-wildfires-rage

That sucks. They are cute little guys.

Sounds like fake news also they've made up their own categories of animal endangeredness.

Seems like they'd fit into the Endangered category