Q: What has a pointed nose, kangaroo-like feet, and a taste for earthworms? A: 2 newly identified shrew-rat species! With this discovery in the #Phillipines, researchers hope to encourage policy makers to protect the Luzon #ecosystem & its #biodiversity. sciencenews.org/article/two-…

Two new species of rats that hop like kangaroos have been found

In the Philippines, scientists have identified two new species of shrew-rat, an animal whose limited habitat plays host to remarkable biodiversity.

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Jun 12, 2019 · 2:10 PM UTC

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Replying to @IPBES
Have you considered whether it might be wrong 2 put the fate of countless species into the hands of particular lawmakers? Maybe we need a paradigm shift wherein the right of the ppl to define limits to the extent of human encroachment onto wildlife habitat is manifest in reality
Replying to @IPBES
As if we needed more rats.