Australia Leads Global Extinction Rates as Cuttlefish Numbers Collapse to Dozens
Sourced from 5 publications
- •A dive survey found only 44 giant Australian cuttlefish in the upper Spencer Gulf, down from historical populations in the hundreds of thousands, per the Guardian.
- •Australia has been identified by the BBC as the world's leading extinction hotspot, losing unique species at rates exceeding other biodiversity-rich regions.
- •Modelling based on global outbreaks indicates Australia's bird populations face large-scale mortality events when avian flu reaches the continent.
- •The BBC highlights that species such as the platypus have attracted renewed conservation investment due to their evolutionary distinctiveness.
- •South Australia's government faces pressure to release official cuttlefish population data it has so far withheld.
Sources
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