Bellingen, First the thylacine, then the koala, then the kookaburra...
"The tree hollows kookaburras need to breed can take a hundred years to develop. Every forest patch felled means hollows are lost. Over the past 200 years, nearly 50% of our forest cover has been felled. Urban development all along Australia’s east coast has continued."
The “guuguubarra” laughed for 16.3 million years. "That once-ubiquitous call will be heard no more."
"If species such as kookaburras and koalas are disappearing, then the threatened species have no hope."
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https://theconversation.com/why-the-kookaburras-iconic-laugh-is-at-risk-of-being-silenced-208181
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