World’s Smallest Pygmy Possum Discovered One Year After Bushfires

World’s Smallest Pygmy Possum Discovered One Year After Bushfires
A little pygmy possum has been found in South Australia for the first time since the summer bushfires. Ashlee Benc/Kangaroo Island Land For Wildlife
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A little pygmy possum has been discovered on South Australia’s Kangaroo Island after fears it might have been wiped out by the Black Summer bushfires in January.

Conservation group Kangaroo Island Land for Wildlife has found the world’s smallest known possum almost a year after the bushfires which burnt down half the island, killed two people, destroyed nearly 90 homes, and devastated a significant amount of wildlife.
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Jessie Zhang is a reporter based in Sydney, Australia, covering news on health and science.
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