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Animal Extinction – Australia’s Shabby Distinction (continued)
6. The Swift Parrot
8. The Striped Legless Lizard
Swift parrot legal loopholes let loggers demolish big old trees,
leaving this speedy parrot with no nesting hollows. Chris Tzaros
– [email protected].
Striped legless lizard; shy legless lizards once slithered through
grasslands all over SE Australia, but cannot outrun or outslither
the destruction of their habitat.
7. The Blue Whale
Please act for their sake.
Blue Whale even the largest creatures on Earth aren’t protected
from chemical and sound pollution, habitat loss, fishing or
climate damage. Shutterstock
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