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| Subject: | white form of Lemuroid Ringtail Possum extinct? |
| From: | Andrew Taylor <> |
| Date: | Wed, 3 Dec 2008 09:55:19 +1100 |
"SCIENTISTS say a white possum native to Queensland's Daintree forest has become the first mammal to become extinct due to man-made global warming. ... Prior to 2005 we were seeing a lemuroid every 45 minutes of spotlighting at one main site at Mt Lewis," Professor Williams said. But, in three years, in more than 20 hours of intensive spotlighting, none has been sighted. ..." More at: http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,24742053-952,00.html Andrew |
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