E15 - Our vanishing grandparents
Back from the Brink - The Podcast
English - July 22, 2021 21:55 - 21 minutes - 48.3 MBNature Science Education australia nature climate conservation travel wildlife Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Episode 15 submerses us in the cool waters of Queensland's southern rivers to meet a living fossil. The Australian Lungfish has survived as a relatively unchanged species for about 145 million years, which means it's not only out-lived the dinosaurs, but it also pre-dates many of them! This incredible fish, having survived for so long in Australia, is facing an uncertain future as we dam our waterways and pollution from run-off causes underwater eelgrass reserves to die off. We meet with Dr David Roberts, a fisheries scientist working with Seqwater, to learn more about this remarkable fish, its incredible adaptations to life in our rivers and what we can all do to ensure this oldest of creatures remains a part of our Australian heritage for generations to come.
To find out more about the amazing Australian Lungfish and how you can help save it from extinction, search for Natura Pacific Back from the Brink - Season 4 Episode 1 available on YouTube, LinkedIn, IGTV and the Natura Pacific Facebook Page, or watch here: https://youtu.be/0fcEPHM2uW4
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