By documenting vulnerable species such as these, we acknowledge their existence. We can then make a start to protecting them and their fragile habitats.

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#Cave life: a galaxy growing from possum poo.

Fungi growing on possum scat in the dark zone of a cave. These little piles of poo allow a whole web of cave life to exist: things that eat the poo, things that eat the fungi, things that eat the things.

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