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2 new species of Greater Glider have been discovered in Australia. Look at this little fluff, you guys! Look at his ears!! Look at hiiiiiimmm
"A study of the genetics of greater gliders, published in Nature's public access Scientific Reports journal, found distinct species in the southern, central and northern ranges.
"Australia's biodiversity just got a lot richer. It's not every day that new mammals are confirmed, let alone two new mammals," one of the study authors, James Cook University Professor Andrew Krockenberger, said.
The furry flyers vary in size, getting smaller the further north they live"
Sauce https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.smh.com.au/politics/federal/australia-s-biodiversity-just-got-a-lot-richer-two-new-mammals-discovered-20201106-p56c77.html
Iwannaswiminapoolofpuppiesohwaitmaybenot
SO adorable! ? Thanks for sharing this great news!
semajretrac
and thanks to this discovery, in three more years, there'll be no more of these alive, in the wild, because they'll all be PETS! idiot!
jimicus
Okay, how does this one kill you? Venom? Sharp claws?
sDsnAlien
Dont feed it after midnight
RealPenguin
How many arms does this little thing have?
DaveSamsonite
That’s a strong ear game.
PoorSucker
Ohhhh, my good I want to pet it.....aaaand it's extinct.
dumbinsults
So... how do they taste?
Footstepsofdawn
Oh. My. God. Those ears! They look fake they’re so perfect!
RobJenkins
Innerartgirl23
Dont count the little guy out. He looks determined
hammersquirrel
noAMP https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/australia-s-biodiversity-just-got-a-lot-richer-two-new-mammals-discovered-20201106-p56c77.html
BananaDavida
I looked at its fluff, I looked at it little ear, and now I love it. Be safe newly discovered Australian murder floof, be safe.
BananaDavida
*ears
furnitureandeffects
Oh my word. A new day is dawning.
pearlFoodGod
He looks a Hand Puppet
Asadachi
great, now stay away from it assholes, it's not a house pet! Looking at you China... asshoe
JustGoWithIt191
Ah, just one more thing to go extinct as we humans log their natural habitat. If their habitat doesn't burn from global warming.
RenaissanceFaireMan
dumbinsults
Flight of the Navigator?
PornAndPuppies
Now leave it TF alone and let it be
theRuler30
It might be tasty
EnderPanda13
I remember hearing something that a guy found a new species of frog, but they were so delicate that he didn't want their habitat disturbed-
EnderPanda13
-by researchers. He didn't visit for years and when he attempted to find them he couldn't.
iamnotabunnywhydoyouask
Oh no, that would be too obvious..
ralph2sam
Wonder how it kills you.
OvergrownDwarf
It whispers false hopes to you when you most need it in life.
Creativebean
It's a drop glider ?
Toxi
Toxin-spraying anal gland
lovingspace
Obligatory "That's my fetish"
executivechimp
Kindness
3lv3n
Facehug
TheFunGuyinOz
It can't. It wants to though. But it can't. Yet.
Flowerlady0
Venomous Spurs on its back leg. No wait, that's that Beaver duck thing that makes omelettes
IndigoSalma
All cute and cudly till you see its whole body.
Its like that digglet meme XD.
ErynGalen
Aww look at them little murder claws. Very Australian
Holycrudwotnext
That's the big one and its still adorable!! They get smaller, I like to imagine there's even more teeny tiny floofs somewhere yet to b found
katidragon
"And yet, their heads all remain the same size. Not even proportionately, just... one head, many body sizes."
FiftyShadesOfArugula
Yeah, somehow there is too much of everything below the neck O_O Try counting the legs. You can't.
Lyllii
This is like above is the profile picture and this is what they really look like
LukeW0rm
Ha! I want to see that porker glide!
IPlayWithFire
Oh sure, you think, just a chubby tree climbing pouch mouse until you realize thats actually his dick hes holding & the tree is behind that
lilcarb
chunky
DrKonrad
Of course a flying rat would be that buffed in Australia...
APerfectlyNormalPieceOfToast
Disagree. Seeing it's whole body makes it more snuggly, not less
PieForme
Does it?.....feels like it can take me out with it's paws
TheMaskedRaven
@LSparkles, look how cute he is! He's like a little stuffed animal! :D
Holycrudwotnext
I thought it was one at first
TheMaskedRaven
Oh Sparkles is going to love this. She has some way of summoning people to cute animal pictures. That said, I want in, @LSparkles!
LSparkles
Welcome to the crew, if you ever want off just holler at me
LSparkles
omg he's so cute