Invertebrate of the year!! How to choose out of the 1.3M described species?? ‘Nominations closed. Voting opens soon’. Hoping a Tasmanian burrowing crayfish gets a guernsey…
#ClawsOnTheLine

Oh and of course #Tasmania’s magnificent & numerous burrowing crayfish species, the most recently discovered of which, Engaeus excavator, tends to burrow >2 m #clawsontheline

Are You Suffering From Shifting Baseline Syndrome?  | Earth.Org Shifting Baseline Syndrome is a gradual change in the accepted norms for the condition of the environment due to a lack of knowledge of its past condition.

Here are some nice articles on SBS:
Source of the cartoon: fritsahlefeldt.com/wp-content/u...
A little more info: earth.org/shifting-bas...
Conversation article with other angles: theconversation.com/forget-envir...

#NatureTrackers #WorldWildlifeDay #WhereWhereWedgie #ClawsOnTheLine #CallTrackers

Claws on the Line This information is contributing to a new citizen science project called Claws on the Line, coordinated by the Bookend Trust. It is helping monitor and map where Tasmania's burrowing crayfish are livi...

You can help map & monitor Tasmanian burrowing crayfish burrows & other signs via the #ClawsontheLine project on the iNaturalist app:
www.inaturalist.org/projects/cla...
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#threatenedspecies #extinctionmatters #takeacloserlook #burrowingcrayfish #citisci #endangered #Tasmania

Links to very compatible summer NatureTrackers projects for Tasmanians:
➡️🎙️🦇 #CallTrackers - naturetrackers.com.au/projects/cal...
➡️🦞 #ClawsOnTheLine - naturetrackers.com.au/projects/cla...

Looking forward to the updates on #FrogID & heaps more citizen science at #CitSciOz23!
#Tasmania #citscioz 🧪🌏🌿

Awaiting the next free #CallTrackers recorder? iNaturalist-ed every possible burrow for #ClawsontheLine? Keen for MORE summer #CitizenScience action?
How about Frog ID? You can discover your local frogs & help with the science. It's FrogID week *right now* - jump in & have a go: frogid.net.au