not about birds, but may be interesting!

[Carl Clifford <>]

Thanks for that. Handy to remember.

Carl Clifford


> On 15 Jul 2015, at 3:04 pm, Janine Duffy <> 
> wrote:
>
>   Hi Birding-ausers
>   I know a lot of you out there are interested in mammals and other
>   wildlife besides birds, and seeing as things are a bit slow on the bird
>   front at the moment I thought I'd share this with you:
>   17 years ago we discovered a non-intrusive method of identifying koalas
>   by the natural markings in the nostrils.  You may have already heard of
>   this, or even noticed the same yourself.  Many koala conservation
>   groups, carers and wildlife sanctuaries are already using the method.
>   [1]https://echidnawalkabout.wordpress.com/2015/07/14/how-to-identify-ko
>   alas-by-their-nose-patterns
>   We believe that use of this method in the wild will be of value to:
>     * koala protection groups as a citizen science research tool,
>     * carers for monitoring released animals,
>     * wildlife parks, zoos and sanctuaries for public education
>     * scientific researchers as a cost-saving and low-danger/low-stress
>       method for wild koalas.
>
>   We are making this method freely available in the interests of
>   improving koala conservation.
>   The method was presented to the scientific conference [2]Pathways:
>   Human Dimensions of Wildlife Management in October 2014
>   ([3]presentation pdf), and an article is due for publication in The
>   Wildlife Society's (USA) "The Wildlife Professional" magazine this
>   winter.  Actual scientific publication of the method is underway (but
>   this takes time!).
>   See here for background:
>   [4]http://www.echidnawalkabout.com.au/wildliferesearch
>   or at this WikiHow:
>   [5]http://www.wikihow.com/Identify-Koalas-by-Their-Nose-Patterns
>   Thanks for your time!  Please feel free to share this with anyone
>   interested in koalas.
>   Janine Duffy
>
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>   Visible links
>   1. 
> https://echidnawalkabout.wordpress.com/2015/07/14/how-to-identify-koalas-by-their-nose-patterns
>   2. 
> https://warnercnr.colostate.edu/hdnr-home/672-hdnr-news-and-events/hdfw-conference/hdfw-2014-conference/1040-hdfw-2014-presentations#Fish%20and%20Wildlife%20Governance
>   3. http://www.echidnawalkabout.com.au/images/pdfs/Pathways2014v6.pdf
>   4. http://www.echidnawalkabout.com.au/wildliferesearch
>   5. http://www.wikihow.com/Identify-Koalas-by-Their-Nose-Patterns
>   6. 
>   7. http://www.echidnawalkabout.com.au/
>   8. 
>   9. 
>
>   Hidden links:
>  10. 
> https://echidnawalkabout.wordpress.com/2015/07/14/how-to-identify-koalas-by-their-nose-patterns
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